• GOOH
n. M19 US criminals’ sl. – a prostitute
• GOOHOOPERS
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a condition of despondency or ill temper; a vague or imaginary unwellness; a depressed or gloomy mood
• GOOI
n. 1940s S. Afr. sl. – a fling, a spree, a party
vb. 1940s S. Afr. sl. – to throw, to fling, to give someone something; to use something
• GOOI A CANARY
vb. 1940s S. Afr. sl. – to whistle a warning
• GOOI ANKERS
vb. 1980s S. Afr. sl. – to brake suddenly
• GOOI A SPASM
vb. 1980s S. Afr. sl. – to react with joy or enthusiasm
• GOOI A UIE
vb. 1980s S. Afr. sl. – to make a U-turn
• GOOIE!
int. 1966 Amer. dial. – come!; used to call pigs
• GOOI GRIEF
vb. 1990s S. Afr. sl. – to annoy somebody
• GOOI POMP
vb. 1980s S. Afr. sl. – to have sexual intercourse
• GOOI TACKIE
vb. 1980s S. Afr. sl. – to accelerate
• GOOK
adj. 1920s US sl. , derogatory – foreign; spec. Italian or East Asian; later, usually Korean or Vietnamese
n. 1. M19 sl. – a street-walker
n. 2. 1900s sl. – a tramp
n. 3. 1910s sl., orig. US military, derogatory – a foreigner, esp. East Asian
n. 4. 1910s sl., orig. US military, derogatory – any foreigner
n. 5. 1910s sl., orig. US military, derogatory – any foreign language
n. 6. 1910s sl., orig. US – a dull, stupid, foolish person
n. 7. 1940s US sl. – distasteful food
n. 8. 1945 colloq. – any oozy, sticky, or slimy substance
n. 9. 1980s US sl. – anything unpleasant; nonsense
• GOOK CAR
n. 1950s US sl. – an inferior car over-decorated with chrome and accessories
• GOOK-EYED
adv. 1950s US sl. – stupidly, foolishly, vacantly
• GOOKOOS
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a large amount, lots, plenty
• GOOKUM
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – the sticky stuff that comes out of pine trees; sap
• GOOK UP
vb. 1950s sl. – to smear something slimy or sticky on someone
• GOOK WAGON
n. 1950s US sl. – an inferior car over-decorated with chrome and accessories
• GOOKY
adj. 1. 1960s US sl. – awkward
adj. 2. 1960s US sl. – unpleasantly sticky
• GOOLA
n. 1. 1940s African-American sl. – a piano
n. 2. 1940s US sl. – the anus
• GOOLA BOX
n. 1930s African-American sl. – a jukebox or ‘nickarola’
• GOOLEY
n. 1940s US & Aust. & NZ sl. – a small stone or pebble
• GOOLEYS; GOOLIES
n. L18 sl. – testicles
• GOOLTHRITE
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – any small, wizened, puckered object
• GOOM
n. 1. 1960s Aust. sl. – a drinker of methylated spirits
n. 2. 1967 Aust. sl. – methylated spirits, as an alcoholic’s drink
• GOOMBA(H)
n. 1. 1950s US sl. – a stupid person
n. 2. 1950s sl. – an Italian-American
n. 3. 1955 US sl. – a close male friend
n. 4. 1960s US sl. – a thug; a gangster; spec., a member of an organized crime syndicate, usually the US Mafia
n. 5. 1960s US criminals’ sl. – in the US Mafia: a patron
n. 6. 1990s US sl. – an outsider, a social outcast
• GOOMEE
n. 1973 Aust. sl. – a drinker of methylated spirit
• GOOMER
vb. 1953 Amer. dial. – to bewitch
• GOOMER DOCTOR
n. 1947 Amer. dial. – a practitioner of witchcraft
• GOOMY
n. 1960s Aust. sl. – a drinker of methylated spirits
• GO ON
int. 1886 sl. – I don’t believe it
vb. a1822 sl. – to talk loquaciously
• GOON
n. 1. 1921 Amer. sl. – a stupid, awkward person; a foolish fellow; a simpleton
n. 2. 1938 sl., orig. US – someone hired by racketeers, etc. to terrorize political or industrial opponents
n. 3. 1945 Brit. & US prisoners-of-war usage – a German guard during World War II
n. 4. E20 US sl. – an ugly or despised man; a hooligan
n. 5. M20 US drug culture sl. – the drug PCP
• GOONA
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – love
• GO ON ABOUT
vb. 1863 UK – to grumble; to complain, especially loudly; to talk on a subject for far too long
• GOONA-GOONA
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – love
• GO ON A LARK
vb. c1815 colloq. – to be mischievously merry; to go on a spree
• GO ON A LURK
vb. E19 UK criminals’ sl. – to get money through false pretenses
• GO ON A NAG OF TEN TOES
vb. Bk1903 Eng. dial. – to walk
• GOONAS
n. M20 US sl. – the human breasts
• GOONEY
n. 1. 1815 Eng. & Amer. dial. – a foolish or stupid fellow; a simpleton
n. 2. B1900 – a sailor’s name for the albatross, and some other birds that resemble it
n. 3. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a gullible person; a dupe
n. 4. 1965 Amer. dial. – a knot or bump on the head from a sharp blow or knock
n. 5. 1965 Amer. dial. – a stone, esp. one of medium size; a cobble
• GO ON HIGH
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to go fast
• GOONIE
n. 1940s US & Aust. & NZ sl. – a small stone or pebble
• GOONK
n. 1. 1932 Amer. sl. – dirt; slime; oily grime; muck
n. 2. 20C Amer. sl. – any sticky, viscous liquid, esp. hair tonic, cosmetics, lubricants, or cleaning fluids
• GO ON LINE
vb. 2005 UK sl. – to become part of a gang (criminal or street)
• GO ON MARE’S SHANKS
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to go on foot
• GO ON NUMBER TWO
vb. 1969 Amer. dial. – to walk, to go on foot
• GO ON ONE’S FACE
vb. M19 sl, orig. US Amer. dial. – to gain credit on the basis of one’s wits or appearance
• GO ON PAT AND CHARLIE
vb. 1966 Amer. dial. – to walk, to go on foot
• GOONS
n. L18 sl. – testicles
• GO ON TEN TOES
vb. 1830 Eng. dial. – to walk
• GO ON THE ABRAHAM SUIT
vb. Bk1909 sl. – to resort to trick or artifice
• GO ON THE BEND
vb. 1887 sl. – to go on the spree
• GO ON THE BUST
vb. 1764 US – to go on a drinking bout
• GO ON THE DIPE
vb. 1877 criminals’ sl. – to pick pockets
• GO ON THE DOUBLE
vb. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to go fast
vb. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to depart hurriedly
• GO ON THE DOUBLE-QUICK
vb. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to go fast
vb. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to depart hurriedly
• GO ON THE FIGHT
vb. 1956 Amer. dial. – to become belligerent
• GO ON THE HEEL AND TOE
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to depart hurriedly
• GO ON THE LOW GAG
vb. 1809 UK sl. – to beg alms in the streets, with a pretended broken arm, leg, etc.
• GO ON THE OIL
vb. 20C sl. – to drink to excess
• GO ON THE PISS
vb. E20 Brit. sl. – to go on a heavy drinking spree
• GO ON THE STUMP
vb. Bk1904 sl. – to travel the country for the purpose of making partisan or personal speeches from stumps or other improvised platforms
• GO ON THE WALLABY TRACK
vb. Bk1892 Aust. sl. – to go on foot, up-country, in search of work
• GO ON TICK
vb. 1672 – to buy on credit, to run into debt
• GO ON TO A BETTER WORLD
vb. 20C sl. – to die
• GO ON TOM AND JERRY
vb. 1967 Amer. dial. – to walk, to go on foot
• GOONUS
n. 1959 Amer. dial. – a fool, a dolt, a stupid fellow, an ignoramus, a simpleton
• GO ON WHEELS
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to run swiftly and smoothly
• GO ON WITH ONE’S RAT-KILLING
vb. 1905 Amer. dial. – to carry on with what one is doing; to proceed
• GO ON WITH THE PROCESSION
vb. 1942 Amer. dial. – to carry on with what one is doing; to proceed
• GO ON WITH YOUR BARROW
phr. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – mind your own business; ‘get along with you’
• GOONY
n. 1. 1948 Amer. dial. – a stupid, awkward person; a foolish fellow; a simpleton
n. 2. 1949 Amer. dial. – a stone, esp. one of medium size; a cobble
• GOOP
int. 1949 Amer. dial. – come!; used to call pigs
n. 1. 1900 sl., orig. US – a boor; a clod, an oaf; a foolish person
n. 2. 1946 Amer. dial. – any viscous, sticky substance or mixture
n. 3. 1965 Amer. dial. – gravy
n. 4. 1965 Amer. dial. – moisture in the mouth, coloured brown by snuff or chewing tobacco
n. 5. 1965 Amer. dial. – the icing on top of a cake
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to smear with something sticky; esp. to apply an oily or greasy preparation to the hair
• GOOPHER
n. 1. 1880 Amer. dial. – the practice of voodoo or other magic; a magic spell or something used to cast such a spell
n. 2. Amer. World War I sl. – a competent airman who is almost of top quality
vb. 1899 Amer. dial. – to bewitch; to practice voodoo or other magic
• GOOPISH
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – foolish; silly; witless
• GOOPUS
n. M20 US sl. – a stupid oaf
• GOOPY
adj. 1. 1926 sl., orig. US – out of touch with reality, empty-headed, daft, silly, irresponsible
adj. 2. 1967 Amer. dial. – sticky, smeared
adj. 3. 1968 Amer. dial. – tired, ‘under the weather’; without energy
adj. 4. 1969 Amer. dial. – of the weather: unpleasant
• GO OREO
vb. 1960s African-American sl., derogatory – to adapt oneself to White society
• GOORI; GOORIE; GOORY
n. 1. 1937 NZ sl. – a dog, usually applied, contemptuously, to a mongrel
n. 2. 1959 NZ sl. – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male
• GOOSE
n. 1. 16C – a silly oaf
n. 2. 19C Brit. sl. – copulation, sexual release
n. 3. 19C Brit. sl. – a prostitute
n. 4. 19C Brit. sl. – a woman considered sexually
n. 5. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a stupid, thoughtless person
n. 6. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a venereal bubo
n. 7. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – the American eagle
n. 8. E20 US criminals’ sl., derogatory – a nickname for a Jewish man
vb. 1. 1838 theatrical sl. – to express disapproval of a play, actor, etc. by hissing
vb. 2. 1879 sl. – to have sex
vb. 3. 19C Brit. sl. – to pursue women for sexual purposes; to womanize
vb. 4. 1906 Amer. dial. – to poke or tickle someone suddenly, esp. in the buttocks, or to threaten to do so; to startle
vb. 5. 1938 Amer. dial. – in railroading: to apply the brakes or throw the engine into reverse while it is moving; to make an emergency stop
vb. 6. 1945 Amer. dial. – to depress the accelerator of an engine, car, etc. suddenly
• A GOOSE AMONG SWANS
n. 1738 – an uncomely or ill-favoured person in the midst of beautiful ones; an uncultivated person among the cultivated; an ignorant person among the learned
• GOOSE AND DUCK
n. L19 US rhyming sl. for ‘fuck’ – an act of copulation
vb. Bk1903 rhyming sl. with ‘fuck’ – (usually as ‘goose-and-duck’ to possess carnally
• GOOSEBERRIES
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – gooseflesh
• GOOSEBERRY
n. 1. 1901 Amer. dial. – an unwanted third person; the third person who makes a ‘crowd’
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – an incredible story
• GOOSEBERRY GRINDER
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – an outside toilet
• GOOSEBERRY PIMPLES
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – gooseflesh
• GOOSEBERRY TART
n. L19 sl. – the heart
• GOOSE BUMPS
n. 1. 1867 Amer. dial. – gooseflesh
n. 2. 1966 Amer. dial. – small infected pimples that form usually on the face
• GOOSECAP
n. 1589 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial. – a silly fellow; a stupid, foolish person; a simpleton; a giddy or flighty young girl
• GOOSE DOWN
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a light fall of snow
• GOOSE-DRENCHER
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a very heavy rain, a downpour
• GOOSE-DROWNDER
n. 1929 Amer. dial. – a very heavy rain, a downpour
• GOOSE DROWNER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a heavy rain
• GOOSE EGG
n. 1. 1953 Amer. dial. – a knot or lump on the head as the result of a blow
n. 2. 1973 Amer. dial. – an illegitimate child
n. 3. 1989 Amer. dial. – an outdoor toilet
• GOOSE FEATHERS
n. 1. 1965 Amer. dial. – soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture
n. 2. 1965 Amer. dial. – large, soft flakes of snow
• GOOSE FEVER
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – an imaginary disease
• GOOSE FLAT
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one
• GOOSEGOG
n. 1823 sl. – a gooseberry
• GOOSE GREEN
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one
• GOOSE GROUND
n. 1930 Amer. dial. – a common or market place
• GOOSE GUN
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a sawed-off shotgun
• GOOSE HAIR
n. 1887 Amer. dial. – goose feathers or down; a bed or pillow filled with these
• THE GOOSE HANGS HIGH
phr. 1862 Amer. dial. – everything is in fine order; all is well
• GOOSE HEAVEN
n. 1914 Amer. dial. – the abiding place of late lamented animal pets
• GOOSE HILL
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one
• GOOSE HOLLER
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one
• GOOSE HOLLOW
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one
• THE GOOSE HONKS HIGH
phr. 1919 Amer. dial. – all is well or prosperous
• GOOSE IT!
int. 1954 Amer. dial. – give the engine full throttle
• GOOSE LUMPS
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – gooseflesh
• GOOSE MEAT
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – gooseflesh
• GOOSE NEST
n. 1904 Amer. dial. – a sinkhole
• GOOSE NIBBLE
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one
• GOOSE PIMPLES
n. 1889 Amer. dial. – gooseflesh
• GOOSE QUILL
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a toothpick, usually one made from a goose quill
• GOOSE’S GAZETTE
n. 1836 – a lying story; a flim-flam tale; a piece of reading for a ‘goose’ (simpleton)
• GOOSE-SKIN
n. 1. 1889 Amer. dial. – gooseflesh
n. 2. 1912 Amer. dial. – the wrinkled and colourless skin of the hands, caused by being long in water
• GOOSE-SKINNED
adj. 1926 Amer. dial. – covered in gooseflesh
• GOOSE-STRANGLER
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a very heavy rain, a downpour
• GOOSETOWN
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one
• GOOSE TRACKS
n. 1954 Amer. dial. – illegible handwriting
• GOOSE UP
vb. 1967 Amer. dial. – to move a car forward a short distance from a stop
• GOOSEVILLE
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one
• GOOSEY
adj. 1. 1906 Amer. dial. – nervous, jumpy, touchy, ticklish
adj. 2. 1919 Amer. dial. – foolish, stupid. silly, light-headed, witless
adj. 3. 1950 Amer. dial. – having gooseflesh
• GOOSEY NIGHT • GOOSIE NIGHT
n. 1977 Amer. dial. – the night before Halloween .
• GOOSIFIED
adj. 1837 nonce word – affected with goose-flesh
► GOOSTRUMNOODLE n. a stupid person; a fool → 1871 Eng. dial.
• GOOSY
adj. 1906 Amer. dial. – nervous, jumpy, touchy, ticklish
• GOOT
n. 1936 Amer. dial. – an insane person
• GO OUT
vb. 1. 1934 Amer. dial. – to go to the privy; to relieve oneself
vb. 2. 1939 Amer. dial. – to emerge from winter quarters
vb. 3. 1969 Amer. dial. – to melt
vb. 4. 1983 Amer. dial. – of a swelling: to go down
• GO OUT AMONG THEM
vb. 1912 Amer. dial. – to go visiting; to go to a social affair of some prominence
• GO OUTDOORS
vb. 1954 Amer. dial. – to go to the privy; to relieve oneself
• GO OUT OF CURL
vb. 1924 – to lose one’s activity and ‘vim’; to become limp
• GO OUT OF HEAD
vb. 1877 Sc. – to be forgotten
• GO OUT ON COMPANY
vb. 1982 Amer. dial. – to go visiting
• GO OUT ON THE CARPET
vb. 1896 Amer. dial. – of a man: to visit women
• GO OUTSIDE
vb. 1984 Amer. dial. – to go to the privy; to relieve oneself
• GO OUT THE BACK DOOR
vb. 1981 US sl. – to back down from a confrontation
• GO OUT TO THEMSELVES
vb. 1953 Amer. dial. – of newlyweds: to establish a separate residence (instead of with the bride’s parents)
• GO OVERBOARD
vb. 1931 orig. US – to express enthusiastic approval
• GO OVER LIKE A LEAD BALLOON
vb. 1950 US sl. – to be an utter failure
• GO OVER ONE’S MOTHER’S THUMB
vb. 1893 Sc. – to break from all control or authority; to rebel
• GO OVER THE COGNAC TRAIL
vb. Amer. World War I sl. – to get drunk
• GO OVER THE FALLS
vb. 1977 sl. – in surfing: to be thrown over by the curl of a wave
• GO OVER THE HILL
vb. Amer. World War I sl. – to desert
• GO OVER THE HUMP
vb. 1920s US tramps’ sl. – to cross the Rockies on one’s trek from East Coast to West
• GO OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER
vb. 1705 obs. – to be squandered
• GO OVER THE RANGE
vb. 1879 Amer. dial. – to die
• GO OVER THE RIM
vb. 1941 Amer. dial. – to have a violent death
• GO OVER THE ROAD
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – to be committed to the penitentiary
• GO OVER THE WALL
vb. 1. Amer. World War I sl. – to go to prison
vb. 2. 1935 sl. – to escape from prison
• GOOVUS
n. 1910s US sl. – an idiot
• GOOZEM PIPE
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – the throat as a whole, or the gullet, the windpipe, or Adam’s apple
• GOOZER
n. 1990s UK juvenile usage – one who attempts to join a group in which they are not numbered and/or welcome
• GOOZIE
n. L19 Aust. sl. – a gooseberry
• GOOZLE
n. 1. 1883 Amer. dial. – the throat; the gullet; the windpipe; the neck; the Adam’s apple
n. 2. 1960 Amer. dial. – anything more or lose of the consistency of thickened gravy
n. 3. 1966 Amer. dial. – a large amount
vb. 1. 1914 Amer. dial. – to swallow, to guzzle, to drink too fast
vb. 2. 1972 Amer. dial. – to speak hoarsely
• GOOZLEM
n. 1942 Amer. dial. – the throat as a whole, or the gullet, the windpipe, or Adam’s apple
• GOOZLE PIPE
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – the throat as a whole, or the gullet, the windpipe, or Adam’s apple
• GOOZLER
n. 1. 1952 Amer. dial. – an old man
n. 2. 1965 Amer. dial. – the throat as a whole, or the gullet, the windpipe, or Adam’s apple
n. 3. 1972 Amer. dial. – a boy whose voice is changing
• GOOZLING VOICE
n. 1986 Amer. dial. – an adolescent boy’s changing voice
• GOOZLUM
n. 1911 Amer. dial. – a viscous food, such as a sauce, gravy, syrup, molasses
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Updated: February 28, 2023
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