Dictionary: GM – GOB

• G MAN
n. 1922 US sl. – a government agent  
 
• GNABBLE
vb. 1899 Amer. dial. – to nibble  
 
• GNARLER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a dog, esp. a vicious dog  
 
• GNARY
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – stout and strong  
 
• GNAT BREAD
n. 1944 Amer. dial. – decayed skin tissue  
 
• GNAT BUTTER
n. 1908 Amer. dial. – decayed skin tissue  
 
• GNATCATCHER
n. 1949 Amer. dial. – a dragonfly  
 
• GNATCATCHER BUG
n. 1949 Amer. dial. – a dragonfly  
 
► GNATHONIC adj. flattering, deceitful, sycophantic, parasitical → 1637
 
• GNAT’S ASS
n. 1954 Amer. dial. – something small  
 
• GNAT’S BRISTLE
n. 1905 Amer. dial. – something small  
 
• GNAT’S EAR
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – something small  
 
• GNAT’S EYE
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – something small
 
• GNAT’S EYEBROW
n. c1950 Amer. dial. – anything very small 
 
• GNAT’S EYELASH
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – something small  
 
• GNAT’S HAIR
n. 1940 Amer. dial. – something small  
 
• GNAT’S HEEL
n. 1903 Amer. dial. – something small  
 
• GNAT’S PISS
n. 1959 sl. – weak or insipid beer  
 
• GNAT’S TAIL
n. 1935 Amer. dial. – something small  
 
• GNAT’S TOE-NAIL
n. 1908 Amer. dial. – anything very small  
 
• GNAT’S WHISTLE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something excellent  
 
• GNATTERIE
adj. 1825 Sc. – peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk  
 
• GNATTY-TAIL
adj. 1948 Amer. dial. – unkempt and disreputable  
 
• GNAW-POST
n. 1856 Eng. dial. – a stupid, ignorant person; a silly fellow; a fool, a simpleton  
 
• GNERTS
int. 20C sl. – an exclamation of disbelief  
n. 20C US sl. – the testicles  
 
• GNIR • GNYR
n. 1959 Amer. dial. – dust; a ball of dust  
 
• GO
n. 1864 sl. – energy, vigour, vitality  
vb. 1926 sl., euphemism – to urinate or defecate
 
• GO ABOARD OF SOMEONE
vb. 1980 Can. sl. – to act vigorously and aggressively; to attack or scold vigorously  
 
• GO ABOUT THE BUSH
vb. L16 sl. – to beat about the bush; to avoid coming to the point; to delay talking about something difficult or unpleasant
 
• GO ABOVE ONE’S LATCHET
vb. 1580 obs. – to meddle with what does not concern one
 
• GO A BUNDLE ON
vb. 1. 1938 sl., orig. US – to bet much money on
vb. 2. 1942 sl. – to regard favourably; to be very fond of; to like; to enjoy; to approve of; often used in negative contexts  
 
• GO A-CRASH OF
vb. 1923 colloq. – to assault a person
 
• GO A-DAMMERING
vb. 1790 Eng. dial. obs. – to go about daring others to perform hazardous feats
 
• GO ADIEU
vb. 1513 obs. – to go away, to depart finally  
 
• GO A FAIRY
vb. L19 sl. – to toss coins to see who buys a round of halfpennyworths of gin

• GO A-GALLIN
vb. M19 US sl. – to go courting  
 
• GO A GANDERING
vb. 1687 obs. – of a husband: to gallant during the period of a wife’s confinement  
 
• GO-AHEAD
adj. M19 – enterprising, having energy and initiative; progressive
n. 1962 Amer. dial. – a flat-heeled, thonged sandal  
 
• THE GO-AHEAD
n. M20 – permission to proceed
 
• GO AKA
vb. 1983 US sl. – to assume an alias  
 
• GOAL
n. Bk1902 sl. – a brothel
 
• GOALHANGER
n. 20C derogatory – a player who spends much of the game near the opposing team’s goal in the hope of scoring easy goals
 
• GOALIE
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – in marbles: the shooter  
 
• GO ALL AROUND THE ELEPHANT’S SNOUT  TO GET TO HIS TAIL
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to follow a roundabout course or course of action  
 
• GO ALL MOODY ON
vb. 1930s sl. – to fail, to go wrong  
 
• GO ALL THE WAY
vb. 1924 sl. – to have sexual intercourse, as opposed to sexual activity that does not culminate in intercourse
 
• GO ALL UNNECESSARY
vb. 1984 UK sl. – to become sexually excited  
 
• GO ALOFT
vb. 1. ..L18 – to die → sl. 
vb. 2. 1942 – to travel in an airplane → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• GO-ALONG
n. 1891 – a fool; a soft-head → sl. (Bk.)
 
• GOAM
vb. 1674 – to stare vacantly → Eng. dial.
 
• GO-AND-COME
n. 1952 – a great confusion → Amer. dial.
 
• GO-AND-FETCH-IT
n. 1898 – ready cash → Amer. dial.
 
• GO AND SEE A SICK FRIEND
vb. 1860 – to go womanizing → sl.
 
• GO ANIMAL
vb. 1968 – to go wild; to become disorderly or rowdy → Amer. sl.
 
• GO A-PADDING
vb. L17 – to rob on the highway → UK criminals’ sl.
 
• GO APE
vb. 1. 1955 – to behave frenziedly → sl., orig. US
vb. 2. 1965 – to malfunction; to perform unpredictably → US sl. 
 
• GO APE-SHIT
vb. 1. .M20 – to be obsessed with a person or thing → US sl. 
vb. 2. 1951 – to lose control; to go crazy → US sl. 
 
• GO A-POLING
vb. 1942 – to be slow → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• GO-AROUND
n. 1. .M20 – a confrontation or argument → colloq.
n. 2. 1958 – a state of confusion → Amer. dial.
n. 3. 1958 – a merry-go-round → Amer. dial.
vb. 1946 – (usually as ‘go around’) to scold → Amer. dial.
 
• GO AROUND ONE’S ELBOW
vb. 1965 – to follow a roundabout course or course of action → Amer. dial.
 
• GO AROUND ONE’S ELBOW TO GET TO HIS THUMB
vb. 1965 – to follow a roundabout course or course of action → Amer. dial.
 
• GO AROUND ONE’S FINGERS TO GET TO HIS THUMB
vb. 1913 – to go circuitously → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GO AROUND THE WORLD
vb. 1940 – to kiss another’s body comprehensively → US prostitutes usage
 
• GO ARSE FIRST
vb. 1898 – to have bad luck → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GO ASHORE TO WINDWARD
phr. 1916 – said of a person who would go wrong with no excuse → Amer. dial.
 
• GO (A) SIMPLING
vb. 1648 – to seek or gather ‘simples’ or medicinal herbs → arch.
 
• GO ASKEW
vb. 1885 – to be troublesome, to do wrong actions → Eng. dial.
 
• GO ASTERN
vb. 1945 – to fail of success → Amer. dial.
 
• GOAT
n. 1. ..L16 – a licentious man; a lecher
n. 2. 1860 – a junior officer → US Civil War usage
n. 3. ..L19 – a gullible person → US sl.
n. 4. ..L19 – a scapegoat; a person who (rightly or wrongly) takes the blame → US
n. 5. ..L19 – a fool → colloq.
 
• GO A TANTING
vb. 1905 – to play at seesaw → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GO AT A RATTLING PACE
vb. 1942 – to go fast → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• GO AT A SLASHING PACE
vb. 1942 – to go fast → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• GO AT A SMACKING PACE
vb. 1942 – to go fast → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• GO AT A SNAIL’S GALLOP
vb. 1942 – to be slow → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• GO AT A SPANKING PACE
vb. 1942 – to go fast → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• GO AT A SPLITTING PACE
vb. 1942 – to go fast → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• GO AT A THING HAMMER AND TONGS
vb. 1905 – to dispute or do violently → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GOATEE
n. M19 – a beard resembling that of a goat; a narrow chin-tuft
 
• GOAT-FOOTED
adj. 1600 – sure-footed, nimble
 
• GO AT FULL BAT
vb. 1942 – to go at full speed → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• GO AT FULL BLAST
vb. 1942 – to go at full speed → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• GO AT FULL BUTT
vb. 1942 – to go at full speed → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• GOAT-HAIR
n. 1951 – feathery cirrus-clouds → Sc.
 
• GOAT HILL
n. 1965 – the part of a town where the well-off people live → Amer. dial.
 
• GOAT HOUSE
n. 1970 – an outdoor toilet → Amer. dial.
 
• GOATISH
adj. E16 – lecherous
 
• GO AT IT TOOTH AND TOENAIL
vb. 1965 – to fight against energetically and with great determination, to use great effort → Amer. dial.
 
• GOAT MEAT
n. 1937 – the flesh of a deer killed out of season → Amer. dial.
 
• GOAT MUTTON
n. 1953 – the flesh of a deer killed out of season → Amer. dial.
 
• GOATREL • GOATRILL
n. 1688 – a young goat → obs.
 
• GOAT ROPER
n. 1983 – a rustic or countrified person → Amer. dial.
 
• GOAT’S HAIR
n. 1942 – a layer of clouds with a streaky, curly appearance, said to portend a storm → Amer. sl.  
 
• GOAT WITH
vb. 1950 – to court → Amer. dial.
 
• GOATY
adj. 1915 – awkward; ignorant → World War I Amer. sl.
 
• GO-AWAY BUGGY
n. 1965 – an ambulance → Amer. dial.
 
• GO-AWAY MEDICINE
n. 1915 – poison gas → World War I Amer. sl.
 
• GOB
n. 1. 1550 – the mouth → sl., chiefly Brit.
n. 2. 1542 – a large sum of money → obs.
n. 3. 1558 – a lump or large mouthful of food, esp. raw meat, fat, or gristle
n. 4. 1681 – talk; chatter → chiefly Eng. dial.
n. 5. 1915 – an American sailor or ordinary seaman → sl., orig. US
vb. 1872 – to spit; to cough up → sl.
 
• GO-BACK
adj. 1904 – having reverted to the wild state; growing wild on land once cultivated → Amer. dial.
 
• GOBACK LAND
n. 1913 – land once cultivated but long since neglected → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GO BACKWARD
vb. 1. 1400 – to recede, to retreat; to relapse, to backslide → obs.
vb. 2. 1748 – to retire for a necessary purpose → obs.
 
• GO BAG YOUR HEAD!
int. 1896 – angry, scornful, or sarcastic advice → Amer. sl.
 
• GO BALD-HEADED
vb. 1846 – to dash or charge forward, to go in great haste without heeding danger or obstacles → colloq.
 
• GO BALLISTIC
vb. 1. 1971 – to go out of control; to become angry or irrational → US sl.
vb. 2. 1990 – to become astonishing → US sl.
 
• GOBALOON
n. 20C – one who talks too much, acts the fool → Ireland sl.
 
• GO BANG
vb. 20C – to burst, shut, etc., with a loud noise
 
• GO BATSHIT
vb. 1960 – to become insane, to act crazily → sl.
 
• GOBBERLOONY
n. 20C – one who talks too much, acts the fool → Ireland sl.
 
• GOBBET
n. 1. 1330 – a piece, portion, a fragment
n. 2. 1553 – a lump of half-digested food
 
• GOBBIN
adj. 1886 – uncouth, lubberly → Eng. dial. 
n. 1. 1740 – an unintelligent, uneducated, or ignorant person; a fool, an idiot, a blockhead; a greedy, clownish person, a country fellow → Eng. dial. 
n. 2. 1811 – waste material from a coal mine, especially waste material used to fill an empty space from which coal has been extracted → Eng. dial. 
n. 3. 1876 – a receptacle for any kind of waste goods → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 4. 1886 – a spoiled child → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GOBBITY
adj. 19C – pleasant to the taste → Eng. dial.
 
• GOBBLE
n. .M19 – in golf: a rapid straight putt into a hole → hist.
vb. 1. 1849 – to grab, to seize, to lay hold of → Amer. dial.
vb. 2. 1950 – to mend or patch hastily → Amer. dial.
 
• GOBBLEDEGOOK
n. 1940 – official, professional, or pretentious verbiage or jargon → sl., orig. US
 
• GOBBLEDYGOOK
n. 1940 – pretentious jargon → sl., orig. US
 
• GOBBLE FLIES
vb. 1. 1967 – to stare at something with one’s mouth open → Amer. dial.
vb. 2. 1967 – when sleepy; to open one’s mouth wide and take a deep breath → Amer. dial.
 
• GOBBLER
n. 1. .M18 – a turkey
n. 2. 1942 – an old man → Amer. sl.
n. 3. 1968 – a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children → Amer. dial.
 
• GOBBLE RATCHET
n. 1950 – the honking sound made by wild geese flying at night → Amer. dial.
 
• GOBBLER HILL
n. 1968 – a nickname for an out-of-the-way or remote place → Amer. dial.
 
• GOBBLER’S KNOB
n. 1935 – a nickname for an out-of-the-way or remote place → Amer. dial.
 
• GOBBLES
n. 1970 – a large amount; a great number → Amer. dial.
 
• GOBBLE TOGETHER
vb. 1965 – to mend or patch hastily → Amer. dial.
 
• GOBBLE UP
vb. 1. 1942 – to listen greedily → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 2. 1950 – to mend or patch hastily → Amer. dial.
 
• GOBBON
n. 1387 – a piece, a slice; a gob of slimy material → obs.
 
• GOBBOON
n. 1958 – a cuspidor, a spittoon → Amer. dial.
 
• GOB BOX
n. 1942 – the mouth → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• GOBBY
adj. 1. 1949 – fat; fat and lumpy in the hindquarters; said of cattle and people → Amer. dial.
adj. 2. 1974 – sticky → Amer. dial.
n. 1. 1890 – an American sailor; a coastguard → sl.
n. 2. 1913 – the common Canadian jay → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GOBDAW
n. 1966 – a fool; a pretentious person → sl., chiefly Irish
 
• GO BEFORE ONE CAN SAY JACK ROBINSON
vb. 1942 – to depart hurriedly → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• GO BEFORE ONE CAN SAY SCAT
vb. 1942 – to depart hurriedly → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• GO BEFORE ONE’S MARE TO MARKET
vb. 1670 – to do ridiculous things → Brit. colloq.
 
• GO-BEHIND
n. 1969 – a tagalong; one who always follows along behind others → Amer. dial.
 
• GO BELLY-BUMP
vb. 1943 – to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled → Amer. dial.
 
• GO BELLY-BUNG
vb. 1866 – to run at full speed and slide down a hill on a sled on the belly → Amer. dial.
 
• GO BELLY-BUNK
vb. 1866 – to run at full speed and slide down a hill on a sled on the belly → Amer. dial.
 
• GO BELLY-BUNT
vb. 1910 – to slide down a hill on a sled on the belly → Amer. dial.
 
• GO BELLY-BUSTER
vb. 1906 – to slide down a hill on a sled on the belly → Amer. dial.
 
• GO BELLY-BUTT
vb. 1943 – to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled → Amer. dial.
 
• GO BELLY-CABUMP
vb. 1943 – to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled → Amer. dial.
 
• GO BELLY-CACHUNK
vb. 1943 – to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled → Amer. dial.
 
• GO BELLY-FLOP
vb. 1943 – to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled → Amer. dial.
 
• GO BELLY-FLOPPER
vb. 1943 – to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled → Amer. dial.
 
• GO BELLY-GERT
vb. 1943 – to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on  a sled → Amer. dial.
 
• GOBEMOUCHE
n. 1818 – a credulous or gullible person who will believe anything, no matter how improbable or absurd; one who is easily deceived
 
• GOBERSLOPTIOUS
adj. 1913 – splendid, fine, excellent → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GO BETWEEN BARK AND TREE
vb. 1562 – to meddle, especially in family matters
 
• GO BEYOND ONE’S LATCHET
vb. 1603 – to meddle with what does not concern one → obs.
 
• GO-BILLY
n. 1913 – any kind of wheeled vehicle → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GOBLIN
n. 1. 1740 – an unintelligent, uneducated, or ignorant person; a fool, an idiot, a blockhead; a greedy, clownish person, a country fellow → Eng. dial. 
n. 2. ..L19 – a sovereign, twenty shillings, a pound → sl. obs. exc. hist.
n. 3. 1966 – a male turkey → Amer. dial.
 
• GOBOON
n. 1930 – a cuspidor, a spittoon → Amer. dial.
 
• GOBOON CAN
n. 1965 – a cuspidor, a spittoon → Amer. dial.
 
• GO BOTH WAYS
vb. 1. 1972 – to be willing to play both the active and passive role in homosexual sex → US sl.
vb. 2. 1988 – to be bisexual → US sl.
 
• GOBSHITE
n. 1. ..E20 – an enlisted sailor or seaman → US naval sl.
n. 2. .M20 – a stupid, incompetent, or contemptible person, esp. an ignorant loudmouth; an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male → sl., chiefly Irish
 
• GOBSLOPTIOUS
adj. 1913 – splendid, fine, excellent, first-rate → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GOB-SMACKED
adj. 1985 – surprised, astonished, astounded, flabbergasted, speechless with amazement → Brit. sl.
 
• GO BETWIXT THE OAK AND THE RIND
vb. 1898 – to shuffle; to trim → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GOBSTICK
n. 1. 19C – a clarinet → sl.
n. 2. 19C – a large spoon → Eng. dial.
 
• GOB-STOPPER
n. 1928 – a very large, hard, usually spherical sweet → Brit. sl.
 
• GOB STRING
n. L18 – a bridle → sl.
 
• GOB-STRUCK
adj. 1988 – astounded, flabbergasted, speechless with amazement, surprised, astonished → Brit. sl.
 
• GOB-THRUST
n. 19C – a stupid fellow → Eng. dial.
 
• GO-BUGGY
n. 1965 – an automobile, esp. an old or broken-down car → Amer. dial.
 
• GO BUNG
vb. 1. 1882 – to die → Aust. & NZ sl.
vb. 2. 1893 – to fail, to go bankrupt → Aust. sl.
 
• GO BUSH
vb. 19C – to leave one’s usual surroundings for the country, to run wild → Aust. & NZ colloq.
 
• GO BUTCHER’S
vb. 1941 – to become angry → Aust. & NZ sl.
 
• GO BUTCHER’S HOOK
vb. 1918 – to become angry; to lose one’s temper → Aust. & NZ colloq. 
 
• GO-BY
n. 1855 – avoidance, disregard → Amer. dial.
vb. 1816 – (as ‘go by’) to stop at, to visit → Amer. dial.
 
• GO BY AIR
vb. 1968 – to go on foot in the open air, rather than in a vehicle; to walk → Amer. dial.
 
• GO BY ANKLE EXPRESS
vb. 1966 – to walk → Amer. dial.
 
• GO BY SHOE-LEATHER EXPRESS
vb. 1970 – to go on foot, to walk → Amer. dial.
 
• GO BY THE EARS
vb. 1716 – to start fighting; to set on one another → Sc. obs.
 
• GO BY WATER
vb. 1894 – to follow the sea as a calling; to be a sailor → Amer. dial. (Bk.)