• G.O.P.
n. 1905 Amer. dial. – a nickname for a branch railway (Get Out and Push)
• GO PEAR-SHAPED
vb. 1990s sl. – of plans or schemes: to fail; to collapse; to go wrong
• GO PEDDLE YOUR BLARNEY!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – mind your own business
• GO PEDDLE YOUR CUCUMBERS!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – mind your own business
• GO PEDDLE YOUR FISH!
int. 1930s US sl. – exclamation of disdainful dismissal
• GO PEDDLE YOUR FISH IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – mind your own business
• GO PEDDLE YOUR OWN APPLES!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – mind your own business
• GO PEDDLE YOUR PAPERS!
int. 1938 Amer. dial. – go away! mind you own business!
• GO PEDDLE YOUR PEACHES!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – mind your own business
• GO PEDDLE YOUR PEANUTS!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – mind your own business
• GO PEDDLE YOUR WARES ELSEWHERE!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – mind your own business
• GOPHER
n. 1. 1791 Amer. dial. – a land turtle
n. 2. 1880 Amer. dial. – the practice of voodoo or other magic; a magic spell or something used to cast such a spell
n. 3. 1887 Amer. dial. – a chipmunk
n. 4. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a boy thief
n. 5. Bk1913 Amer. dial. – a member of the Junior class at the University of Minnesota
n. 6. 1965 Amer. dial. – a mole
n. 7. 1965 Amer. dial. – a nickname for the groundhog or woodchuck
n. 8. 1967 sl., orig. & chiefly US – someone who runs errands, esp. on a film set or in an office
• GOPHER
vb. 1. 1889 Amer. dial. – to prospect or mine in a random or unsystematic manner
vb. 2. 1958 Amer. dial. – to wander around, to potter about
• GOPHER AROUND
vb. 1905 Amer. dial. – to prospect or mine in a random or unsystematic manner
• GOPHER HOLE
n. 1. 1880 Amer. dial. – a primitive dwelling built wholly or partly underground
n. 2. 1889 Amer. dial. – a small mine or mine opening; a shallow or haphazardly dug excavation
• GOPHER MAN
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – in logging: one who digs; a tool or machine used esp. in digging holes under logs so that chains can be passed around them
• GOPHER RAT
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – the groundhog or woodchuck
• GO-POKE
n. 1952 Amer. dial. – a travelling bag or knapsack
• GO POO-POO(S)
vb. 1976 sl., chiefly a children’s term – to defecate
• GO QUAT
vb. 1790 Eng. dial. – to squat down; to crouch
• GO QUEEN’S
vb. 1996 UK sl. – to turn Queen’s evidence, that is, to give evidence against co-defendants, usually to your own advantage
• GO RABBIT-HUNTING WITH A DEAD FERRET
vb. c1670 sl. – to undertake something with unsuitable or useless means
• GO RAGS
vb. M19 sl. – to share out, esp. the proceeds of a crime
• GO RAMMISH
vb. Bk1905 Sc. – to be in so violent a rage as to be slightly insane
• GORBELLY
adj. 1532 obs. – having a protuberant belly
n. 1. 1519 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a protuberant belly
n. 2. 1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a person with a protuberant belly; a fat person; fig. a glutton
n. 3. 1598 obs. nonce use – a garment with a loose belly
• GORBLE
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – to gobble, to swallow
• GORBLIME
int. 1896 Brit. – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment
n. 1919 Brit. sl. – a soft service cap
• GORBLIMEY; GORBLIMY
int. 1896 Brit. – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment
n. 1919 Brit. sl. – a soft service cap
• GORBY
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – a stupid, foolish person; a blockhead, a simpleton, a fool, a lout
• GORDON BENNETT!
int. 1984 Brit. – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment
• GORE
n. 1933 Amer. dial. – a sharp valley or triangular pass through a mountain
vb. 1970 Amer. dial. – to annoy
• GOREE
n. Bk1903 sl. – money
• GORGE
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – gorgeous
n. 1894 Amer. dial. – a large amount of food, a surfeit; a heavy meal
• GORGEOUS
adj. 1950 Amer. dial. – of food: rich, cloying
• GORGEOUS GUSSIE
n. 1956 sl. – a glamorous and beautiful young woman
• GORGIS
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – gorgeous
• GORGLE
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – the throat
• GORK
n. 1903 Amer. dial. – baked stuff; in general, the baker’s product
• GORM
n. 1. 1912 sl. – a foolish person
n. 2. Bk1913 Amer. dial. – a large amount
• GORMED
adj. 1970 Amer. dial. – an intensifier; damned
• GORMIN’
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – clumsy, stupid
• GORMITY!
int. 1970 Amer. dial. – God Almighty!
• GORMLESS
adj. c1746 sl. – foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid
• GORMUCK
vb. 1954 Amer. dial. – to smear with something sticky; to daub, to dirty
• GORMUS
adj. 1979 Amer. dial. – very large
• GORMY-RUDDLES
n. B1900 sl. – the intestines
• GO ROUND LAND
vb. 1865 Eng. dial. – to die
• GO ROUND ONE’S FIST TO GET HIS THUMB
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to follow a roundabout course or course of action
• GO ROUND THE DEVIL’S ELBOW
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to follow a roundabout course or course of action
• GORP
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – to eat greedily
• GORPING
adj. 1949 Amer. dial. – lying at an angle across the bed
• GORRAMITY!
int. 1894 Amer. dial. – God Almighty!
• GORREL
n. 1. 1398 – a fat, clumsy lad; any person that is fat → obs.
n. 2. 1530 – ? a youth, a lad, a boy → obs.
n. 3. 1888 – a glutton, a gourmand → Eng. dial.
n. 4. 1900 – a young pig → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• GORRY!
int. 1907 – an exclamation of surprise → Amer. dial.
• GORRY MIGHTY!
int. 1858 – God Almighty! → Amer. dial.
• GORSH!
int. 1930s Amer. dial. – hell!
• GO SCAB!
int. Bk1904 Eng. dial. – an imprecation
• GO SCAT
vb. 1. 1867 Eng. dial. – to fall down; to break in pieces
vb. 2. Bk1904 Eng. dial. – to become bankrupt
• GO SEE MISS JANET
vb. 1969 Amer. dial. – to go to the toilet
• GO SELL YOUR PAPERS!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – go away! mind you own business!
• GOSH!
int. 1757 – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment
• GOSH ALL CONNET’CUTT!
int. 1887 Amer. dial. – used to express surprise or annoyance
• GOSH ALL FIDDLESTICKS!
int. 1959 Amer. dial. – used to express surprise or annoyance
• GOSH ALL FILOX!
int. 1959 Amer. dial. – used to express surprise or annoyance
• GOSH ALL FIRELOCKS!
int. 1959 Amer. dial. – used to express surprise or annoyance
• GOSH ALL FISH-HOOKS!
int. 1914 Amer. dial. – used to express surprise or annoyance
• GOSH ALL FRIDAY!
int. 1966 Amer. dial. – used to express surprise or annoyance
• GOSH ALL FRIGHTY!
int. 1959 Amer. dial. – used to express surprise or annoyance
• GOSH ALL HEMLOCK!
int. 1864 Amer. dial. – a mild oath or exclamation
• GOSH ALL HEMLOCKS AND CHEW SPRUCE GUM!
int. 1959 Amer. dial. – used to express surprise or annoyance
• GOSH ALL LIGHTNING!
int. 1914 Amer. dial. – used to express surprise or annoyance
• GOSH ALL POTOMAC!
int. 1857 Amer. dial. – used to express surprise or annoyance
• GOSH ALL SUFFICIENCY!
int. 1959 Amer. dial. – used to express surprise or annoyance
• GOSH ALL TARNATION!
int. 1959 Amer. dial. – used to express surprise or annoyance
• GOSH A’MIGHTY!
int. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a common ejaculation
• GOSH-BLAMED
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – bad, annoying, undesirable
• GOSH-DINGER
n. 1912 Amer. dial. – something or someone remarkable or superior; an unusual specimen of any kind
• GOSH DING IT!
int. 1924 Amer. dial. – an exclamation
• GOSH DING IT TO BLAZES!
int. 1924 Amer. dial. – an exclamation
• GOSH DING THE LUCK!
int. 1924 Amer. dial. – an exclamation
• GOSHED
adv. 1931 Amer. euphemism – damned
• GOSH OLD HEMLOCK!
int. 1950 Amer. dial. – used to express surprise or annoyance
• GO SHUCKS
vb. 1897 Amer. dial. – to agree to share equally
• GO SICK
vb. 1930s drug culture sl. – to suffer withdrawal symptoms when addicted to narcotics
• GO SIDEWAYS
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to commit suicide
• GOSLING AGE
n. c1960 Amer. dial. – the period when an adolescent boy’s voice is changing
• GOSLING-DROWNDER
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a very heavy rain, a downpour
• GOSLING PATCH
n. 1942 Amer. dial. – the period when an adolescent boy’s voice is changing
• GOSLINGS
n. 1899 Amer. dial. – the voice change commonly undergone by adolescent boys; the period when this change occurs
• GO SNACKS
vb. 1769 Amer. dial. – to share equally
• GO SNUCKS
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – to share work and profit evenly
• GO SOCIAL
vb. 1960s Amer. sl. – to stop fighting
• GO SOME
vb. 1. 1911 US sl. – to make one’s maximum effort
vb. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to go fast
• GO SOMEONE SCONE-HOT
vb. 1927 Aust. sl. – to reprimand
• GO SOUTH
vb. 1. 1897 Amer. dial. – to take a turn for the better
vb. 2. 1903 Amer. dial. – to lose, to be defeated or incapacitated; to be beaten
vb. 3. 1982 Amer. dial. – to steal, to abscond with
• GO SPARE
vb. 1958 Brit. sl. – to become upset, angry, or distracted
• GOSPEL
n. a1250 – the truth
• GOSPEL BIRD
n. 1935 Amer. dial., esp. African-American – a chicken
• GOSPEL MEASURE
n. 1916 Amer. dial. – good measure; a full or generous portion of something bought; more than is asked for or in strictness required
• GOSPEL MILL
n. 1872 Amer. dial. – a church
• GOSPEL SHARK
n. 1897 Amer. dial. – a preacher; a parson; a goody-goody or sanctimonious person
• GOSPEL SHARP
n. 1872 Amer. dial. – a preacher; a parson; a goody-goody or sanctimonious person
• GOSPEL SHOOTER
n. 1900 Amer. dial. – a preacher; a parson; a goody-goody or sanctimonious person
• GOSPEL SHOP
n. 1909 Amer. dial. – a church
• GOSPEL WHANGER
n. 1909 Amer. dial. – a revivalist
• GOSS
n. 1840 Amer. dial. – punishment
• GOSSAMER
n. 1882 Amer. dial. – a lightweight raincoat
• GOSSIP BOX
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – the mouth
• GOSSIP FAB
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a gossip
• GOSSIPING LAD
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a machine gun
• GOSSIP-TOTER
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a child who is always telling on other children
• GOSSLED
adj. L19 sl. – drunk
• GO STEADY
vb. 1905 sl., orig. US – to have a regular boyfriend or girlfriend
• GOSTER
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a domineering person
• GOSTERER
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a domineering person
• GO STRAIGHT
vb. 1940 sl. – to become honest
• GO STRONG
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to go fast
• GOT A SKUNK ON
adj. 1968 Amer. dial. – partly drunk
• GO TA-TAS
vb. L19 nursery usage – of a child: to go for a walk
• GOTCH-EARED
adj. 1905 Amer. dial. – having drooping ears
• GOTCH-EYED
adj. 1954 Amer. dial. – having eyes that look in different directions, looking inward
► GOTCH-GUTTED adj. corpulent, having a pot belly → 1694 Eng. dial.
• GOT DOG IT ALL!
int. 1966 Amer. dial. – damn it all!
• GOTHAMIST
n. 1589 obs. – one who takes after the men of Gotham; a person deficient in wisdom; a silly blunderer, a simpleton
• GO THE BACKWAY
vb. 1873 Eng. dial. – to decline, to fall off after coming to perfection
• GO THE BIG FIGURE
vb. 1831 Amer. sl. – to do things on a large scale or in a lavish way
• GO THE BUNDLE ON
vb. 1942 sl. – to regard favourably; to like; to enjoy; to approve of; often used in negative contexts
• GO THE GUNTZ
vb. 20C sl. – to go the whole way
• GO THE KNUCKLE
vb. 1944 Aust. sl. – to fight
• GO THE LENGTH OF ONE’S TETHER
vb. Bk1905 Sc. – to use up all one’s resources; to exhaust one’s means
• GO THE WHOLE ANIMAL
vb. 1832 Amer. sl. – to act without any restraint
• GO THE WHOLE FIGURE
vb. 1. 1833 Amer. sl. – to risk or do everything possible
vb. 2. 1848 Amer. dial. – to do something grandly or thoroughly; to do things on a large scale
• GO THE WHOLE WAY
vb. 1924 euphemism – to have sexual intercourse, as opposed to engaging only in kissing or foreplay
• GO THROUGH
vb. 1. 1861 sl., orig. US – to search and rob a person or place
vb. 2. Bk1903 sl. – to possess carnally
• GO THROUGH LIKE A PACKET OF SALTS
vb. 1955 NZ sl. – to run or cut through (opposition, etc.) quickly and easily
• GO THROUGH ONE’S FACINGS
vb. c1865 colloq., orig. military sl. – to be reprimanded or to show off
• GO THROUGH SAINT-PETER’S NEEDLE
vb. Bk1904 Eng. dial. – to suffer a serious misfortune
• GO THROUGH THE MILL
vb. Bk1905 Amer. dial. – to acquire experience
• GO THROUGH THE RING
vb. Bk1903 sl. – to go bankrupt
• GO THROUGH THE ROOF
vb. 1958 sl. – to be or get angry
• GO TICK
vb. Bk1896 sl. – to live on credit
• GOT IT DANGLING!
int. 1983 US sl. – a vulgar retort to ‘got that?’
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