Dictionary: GRU – GZ

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• GRUB
n. 1. ..15C – a short, thickset person (rarely a woman) → colloq.
n. 2. 1659 – food; provisions of food → sl.
n. 3. 1855 – a meal, a feed → sl.
n. 4. 1890 – an untidy person; a dirty and slovenly person, generally elderly; also said of a child → colloq.
n. 5. 1847 – an excessively diligent student → Amer. students’ sl.
n. 6. 1966 – an offensive, obnoxious, or unattractive person → Amer. sl.
vb. 1. 1720 – to eat → sl.
vb. 2. 1810 – to provide with food → sl.
vb. 3. 1840 – to beg food → sl.
vb. 4. 1848 – to study hard → Amer. sl.
vb. 5. 1887 – to beg or borrow; to cadge; to beg from → Amer. sl.
vb. 6. 1966 – to kiss; to neck and pet; to ‘make out’ → Amer. students’ sl.
vb. 7. 1969 – to be gross in manner → US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
 
• GRUB AND BUB
n. 1750 – food and drink → sl.
 
• GRUBBED UP
adj. 1961 – dirtied; dirty → Amer. dial.
 
• GRUBBER
n. 1. 1400 – a digger; a searcher among ruins and the like; a laborious worker
n. 2. 1578 – a person who gets together wealth by sordid or contemptible methods
n. 3. 1837 – in cricket: a ball bowled along the ground
n. 4. 1838 – an eater → sl.
n. 5. 1881 – an overly diligent student → Amer. sl.
n. 6. 1904 – a beggar → Amer. sl.
n. 7. 1940 – a tuck-shop → sl.
n. 8. 1941 – a person who is coarse, ignorant, or offensive → Amer. sl.
n. 9. 1959 – food
 
• GRUBBERY
n. 1. 1820 – an eating-house → sl.
n. 2. 1830 – a dining-room → sl.
n. 3. 1831 – food; also, a meal → sl.
n. 4. 1870 – the mouth → sl.
n. 5. 1891 – a grovelling or sordid way of life
 
• GRUBBIES
n. 1968 – old, comfortable clothing, esp. a T-shirt and jeans → Amer. students’ sl.
 
• GRUBBING
n. 1917 – money, but not a large quantity → Amer. sl.
 
• GRUBBING-CRIB
n. 1830 – an eating-house → sl.
 
• GRUBBING-CRIB FAKER
n. 1850 – the proprietor of a low eating-house → sl.
 
• GRUBBING-KEN
n. 1830 – an eating-house → sl.
 
• GRUBBINS
n. 1. 1847 – food, provisions; a meal → Amer. sl.
n. 2. 1917 – money, but not a large quantity → Amer. sl.

• GRUBBISH
adj. 1900 – hungry → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GRUBBLE
vb. 1690 – to feel; to feel a woman; to rudely grasp a woman’s private parts or the breasts → Brit. sl.

• GRUBBLER
n. 1813 – a digger; a searcher among ruins and the like; a laborious worker → obs.
 
• GRUB BOSS
n. 1899 – in the army: the quartermaster sergeant → US Army usage
 
• GRUBBY
n. 1. 1820 – food → cant
n. 2. 1942 – a student who is not interested in school work, or dumb, one who is a nobody to other students → Amer. students’ sl.
 
• GRUBBY-KEN
n. 1820 – a low eating-house → cant
 
• GRUB-CADGING
n. E19 – begging house to house for food → sl.
 
• GRUB-CHOKER
n. 1879 – a camp cook → Amer. sl.
 
• GRUB-CRIB
n. 1840 – an eating-house → sl.
 
• GRUB DOWN
vb. 1978 – to eat a meal → Amer. sl.
 
• GRUB HOOKS
n. 1923 – fingers or hands → Amer. sl.
 
• GRUB-HUNTING
n. 1845 – begging for food → tramps’ sl.
 
• GRUB IT
vb. 19C – to eat → sl.
 
• GRUB-LINER
n. 1912 – one who travels from ranch to ranch for meals → Amer. West sl.
 
• GRUB-MILL
n. 1880 – the mouth → Amer. sl.
 
• GRUB OUT
vb. 1. 1848 – to study hard → Amer. sl.
vb. 2. 1954 – to eat a meal → Amer. sl.
 
• GRUB-PILE
n. 1871 – a meal → Amer. West sl.
 
• GRUB-RIDER
n. 1920 – one who travels from ranch to ranch for meals → Amer. West sl.
 
• GRUBS
n. 1968 – old, comfortable clothing, esp. a T-shirt and jeans → Amer. students’ sl.
 
• GRUB-SHITE
vb. 1780 – to befoul; hence, to make very dirty → sl.
 
• GRUB-SHOP
n. 1. 1840 – an eating-house → sl.
n. 2. 1860 – the mouth → sl.
 
• GRUB-SLINGER
n. 1912 – a cook → Amer. sl.
 
• GRUB-SPOILER
n. 1883 – a ship’s cook → nautical sl.
 
• GRUB-STAKE
n. 1. 1863 – money, supplies, or equipment supplied, esp. to a prospector, on condition of the supplier participating in the profits of a particular undertaking → Amer. West. usage
n. 2. 1881 – money or provisions → Amer. sl.
n. 3. 1910 – one’s share of the rations → WWI military colloq.
vb. 1. 1879 – to provide with a grubstake → Amer. sl.
vb. 2. 1920 – to give an author money to keep him going while he writes a book → publishers’ usage
 
• GRUB-STAKES
n. 1890 – ‘grub’, food → sl.
 
• GRUB-STEALER
n. 1887 – a beggar stealing food from another → cant tramps’ sl.
 
• GRUB-TRAP
n. 1860 – the mouth → sl.
 
• GRUB UP
vb. 1970 – to eat a meal → Amer. sl.
 
• GRUB WAGON
n. 1917 – a chuck wagon → Amer. sl.

• GRUCCHILD
n. 1230 – a grumbler → obs.

• GRUDGEABLE
adj. 1570 – that may be complained of → obs.

• GRUDGEFUL
adj. 1596 – full of resentment or rancour

• GRUDGEKIN
n. 1860 – a little grudge

• GRUDGEMENT
n. 1845 – envy, resentment

• GRUDGER
n. 1. 1467 – complaint, dissatisfaction → obs.
n. 2. 1552 – a person who grudges or murmurs; one who cherishes ill-will, resentment, or envy

• GRUDGLINGS
n. 1900 – dregs of coffee, tea, etc.; sediment left in the bottom of a cup → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GRUE
adj. 1924 – nervously upset or afraid → sl.
n. 1820 – a shiver, a shudder; a shivering, a shuddering → Sc.
vb. 1. 1330 – to feel terror or horror, to shudder, to tremble; to quake; to be troubled in heart → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. 1849 – to thrill → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.

• GRUEFUL
adj. 1880 – fearful, horror-struck → rare
 
• GRUEL
n. 1795 – punishment; a beating → colloq.
vb. 1850 – to punish → colloq.
 
• GRUELLER
n. 1856 – a ‘settler’, a knock-down blow → colloq.
 
• GRUEL-STICK
n. E20 – a rifle → military sl.
 
• GRUESOME
adj. 1932 – awful, unattractive, very unpleasant or displeasing → US
 
• GRUESOME AND GORY
n. 20C – the penis → rhyming sl. for ‘corie’
 
• GRUESOME TWOSOME
n. 1. 1941 – a disliked or unattractive pair of individuals or things; hence, a pair of sweethearts; a couple going steady → Amer. jocular usage
n. 2. 1940 – two young girls who are inseparable → Aust. sl., orig. US
 
• GRUFFLE
vb. 1825 – to speak gruffly in a muffled way → sl.
 
• GRUFFLER
n. 1900 – a child → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GRUFFY
n. 1802 – a nickname for a gruff person; a cross-patch → obs.

• GRUFTY
adj. 1922 – dirty, filthy → Eng. dial.
 
• GRUGGLE
vb. 1804 – to disorder or disfigure by much handling; to rumple, to crumple, to crease → Sc.

• GRUGOUS
adj. 1785 – grim, grizzly → Sc. obs.

• GRUGSY
adj. 1856 – dirty, coarse-looking, slovenly; generally applied to an untidy woman → Sc.
 
• GRULCH
n. 20C – a small, stocky person, usually somewhat uncouth and less then amicable → Irish

• GRULSH
n. 1824 – a thick, squat fat person or animal → Sc.

• GRUM
adj. 1. 1640 – gloomy, morose, surly, glum
adj. 2. 1730 – surly, cross, disagreeable, angry, ‘glum’ → Eng. dial.
adj. 3. 1745 – of the voice: gruff, harsh, and deep in tone → Eng. dial. obs.
 
• GRUMBLE
n. 1962 – women viewed as sex objects → Brit. rhyming sl. (Grumble and Grunt)
 
• GRUMBLE AND GRUNT
n. 1. ..20C – coition → sl.
n. 2. ..20C – the female genitals → rhyming sl. on ‘cunt’
n. 3. 1962 – women viewed as sex objects → Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘cunt’
 
• GRUMBLE AND MUTTER
n. 20C – a bet → rhyming slang for ‘flutter’
 
• GRUMBLE-BELLY
n. 1900 – a peevish, discontented person; a confirmed grumbler → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GRUMBLE-DIRT
n. 1900 – a peevish, discontented person; a confirmed grumbler → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GRUMBLEDORY
n. 1599 – a grumbler → obs. rare
 
• GRUMBLE-GUTS
n. L19 – an habitual complainer → sl.
 
• GRUMBLE IN THE GIZZARD
vb. L18 – to be annoyed, but to keep one’s feelings to oneself; to murmur or repine → sl.
 
• GRUMBLER
n. E19 – fourpennyworth of grog → sl.
 
• THE GRUMBLES
n. 1861 – bad temper, sulkiness, ill humour → sl.

• GRUMBLESOME
adj. 1925 – grumbling, complaining
 
• GRUMBLETONIAN
n. 1. 1690 – a term of contempt applied in the late 17th century to the members of the so-called ‘Country Party’ in English politics, accused by the  ‘Court Party’ of being actuated by dissatisfied personal ambition; hence later applied to supporters of the Opposition → obs.
n. 2. 1773 – a constant grumbler, esp. as regards the ‘state of the country’; a discontented person; a scolder → colloq.

• GRUMBLOUS
adj. 1889 – full of grumbles
 
• GRUMBLY
adj. 1858 – inclined to grumble → colloq.

• GRUME
n. 1. 1555 – a lump → obs.
n. 2. 1718 – a clot of blood

• GRUMEFACTION
n. 1684 – the forming of a clot of blood → obs.

• GRUMESCENCE
n. 1684 – a tendency to coagulate or form clots → obs.

• GRUMESCENT
adj. 1684 – tending to coagulate → obs.

• GRUMLY
adj. 1. 1873 – uncomfortable, unpleasant → Sc.
adj. 2. 1894 – fault-finding, grumbling, irritable → Sc.
adv. 1727 – sullenly, morosely

• GRUMME
vb. 1430 – to grumble → obs.

• GRUMMEL
n. 1558 – mud, dregs, sediment → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
• GRUMMET
n. 1. 1576 – a ship’s boy; a cabin-boy → obs.
n. 2. ..19C – sexual intercourse → sl.
n. 3. 1850 – a clumsy, awkward youth → Eng. dial.
n. 4. .M19 – the vagina → nautical sl.
n. 5. 1894 – an awkward boy → Eng. dial.
n. 6. 1960 – a woman, esp. as a sex object → sl., orig. NZ surfers’ usage
n. 7. 1980 – someone or something disliked → NZ juvenile sl.
n. 8. 1986 – a young surfer or skateboarder → colloq., chiefly Aust.
 
• GRUMP
n. 1900 – a bad-tempered, surly person → sl.
vb. 1875 – to sulk
 
• GRUMPER
n. 1972 – the buttocks → US sl.

• GRUMPH
n. 1737 – a grunt → Sc.
vb. 1807 – to grunt → Sc.

• GRUMPHEY
vb. 1900 – to snatch craftily → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GRUMPHIE
n. 1775 – a familiar name for a pig → chiefly Sc.

• GRUMPHY
adj. 1846 – grumpy
n. 1685 – a pig → Sc. & Eng. dial.

• GRUMPLY
adj. 1894 – surly, out of humour → Sc.

• GRUMPS
n. 1. 1844 – the sulks; a fit of ill-humour
n. 2. 1970 – grandfather → Amer. dial.

• THE GRUMPS
n. 1835 – a depressed or sulky mood → colloq.

• GRUMPTIOUS
adj. 1900 – irritable, sullen, inclined to grumbling → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GRUMPUS
n. 1986 – a grumpy bad-tempered person → US sl.

• GRUMPY
n. 1970 – grandfather → Amer. dial.

• GRUMSEL
n. 1856 – the dandelion, Leontodon Taraxacum → Eng. dial.

• GRUNCH
int. ..20C – exclamation of annoyance or disgust → US students’ sl.
n. 1960 – sticky, dirty, unpleasant substances → sl.
vb. 1487 – to grumble, to express discontent → Sc. obs.
 
• GRUNDY
adj. 1966 – dirty, shabby, grimy, filthy, disgusting; disreputable, unpleasant → US sl.
n. 1570 – a short, fat person, usually of men → sl., orig. US

• GRUNDYISH
adj. 1883 – prudish
 
• GRUNDYITE
n. 1845 – a stickler for propriety
 
• GRUNGE
n. 1. 1960 – a person who works hard, usually for meagre rewards → sl.
n. 2. 1960 – dirt; filth; rubbish; something of inferior quality → sl.
n. 3. 1965 – a general term of abuse; a repugnant, odious, dirty, or boring person; a slovenly or offensive person; an obnoxious person; someone who is sloppy in dress → sl., orig. US
n. 4. 1968 – sticky, dirty, unpleasant substances; grease, grime, or filth; also, anything nasty or inferior; a bad, unpleasant thing; something dull or unappealing → sl. orig. US
n. 5. 1970 – a form of rock music, epitomized by the work of the Seattle band Nirvana, but first used in relation to the New York Dolls, c1973; also, the fashion style that developed out of the rock music (1980s) → sl.
vb. 1. 1960 – to assault, to attack, to terrify → sl.
vb. 2. 1960 – to whine, to complain → sl.
 
• GRUNGED-OUT
adj. 1986 – filthy, grimy, dirty, messy; unappetizing, unappealing → US sl.
 
• GRUNGEHOLE
n. 1986 – a dirty room or place; a filthy or disreputable place → Amer. sl.
 
• GRUNGIES
n. 1987 – dirty laundry → US students’ sl.
 
• GRUNGY
adj. 1. 1965 – dirty, filthy, messy, unappetizing, unappealing → sl.
adj. 2. 1965 – ugly, run-down or dilapidated → sl.
adj. 3. 1969 – inferior, poor, dismal → Amer. sl.
n. 1900 – the smallest of a brood of poultry → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GRUNKLE
n. 1827 – a grunt; the snout of an animal → Sc.

• GRUNNY
vb. 1340 – of animals: to grunt; to growl → obs.

• GRUNSIE
n. 1809 – a sour fellow → Sc.
 
• GRUNT
n. 1. ..20C – an ill-tempered, constantly complaining person → US sl.
n. 2. 1925 – a slice of ham or pork → US sl.
n. 3. 1926 – among telephone-line and power-line repairers: a line repairer’s assistant; also, a mechanic or an electrician’s helper → Amer. sl.
n. 4. 1939 – on the railroad: a locomotive engineer → Amer. sl.
n. 5. 1947 – excrement → US sl.
n. 6. 1951 – the bill, for food, drink → US sl.
n. 7. 1960 – a bowel movement → African-American sl.
n. 8. 1960 – food, esp. snack food → US students’ sl.
n. 9. 1962 – in the military: an infantryman; broadly, an ordinary combat soldier → Amer. sl.
n. 10. 1968 – in the navy: a member of the US Marine Corps → US Navy usage
n. 11. 1961 – the vagina; a woman or women sexually objectified → UK rhyming sl. for ‘cunt’
n. 12. 1970 – any person doing menial work; a labourer → US sl.
n. 13. 1972 – a meal, dinner → African-American sl.
n. 14. 1977 – a stupid or unpleasant person; a contemptible person → US sl.
n. 15. 1981 – in the US Air Force: a nonflying officer → Amer. sl.
n. 16. 1986 – an excessively diligent student, usually unsociable → Amer. sl.
n. 17. 1990 – an extremely unattractive woman → sl.
vb. 1. ..20C – to belch → US colloq.
vb. 2. 1938 – to do menial work → US sl.
vb. 3. 1967 – to defecate → sl.
 
• GRUNTER
n. 1. .M16 – a pig → sl.
n. 2. .M16 – pork → sl.
n. 3. ..L18 – a shilling (5p) → sl.
n. 4. ..E19 – a policeman → sl.
n. 5. .M19 – sixpence (2.5p) → sl.
n. 6. 1910 – an automobile → sl.
n. 7. 1936 – a professional wrestler → US sl.
n. 8. 1940 – a prostitute → Aust. sl.
n. 9. 1980 – an old person out of sympathy with current youth enthusiasms → sl.
 
• GRUNT HORN
n. 1926 – a tuba → US sl.
 
• GRUNTING-CHEAT • GRUNTING-CHETE
n. M16 – a pig → cant
 
• GRUNTING PECK
n. M17 – pork, bacon, or any pig-meat → sl.
 
• GRUNT IRON
n. 1935 – a tuba → US sl.

• GRUNTLE
n. 1. 1513 – the face of a man → Sc.
n. 2. 1595 – the snout of a pig, or other animal → Sc.
n. 3. 1689 – a little grunt → Sc.
n. 4. 1697 – a grunting noise; a low moaning sound, esp. that made by a sick cow → Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 5. 1823 – the face → Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 1. 1400 – to utter a little or low grunt; usually said of swine → obs.
vb. 2. 1591 – to grumble, to murmur, to complain
vb. 3. 1818 – to grunt in a low key to groan slightly; to grumble, to complain → Sc. & Eng. dial.

• GRUNTLER
n. 1900 – a pig → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GRUNTLING
n. 1686 – a little grunter, a young pig
 
• GRUNTS
n. 1. 1962 – ground troops, esp. infantry → Amer. sl.
n. 2. 1968 – food, esp. snack food → Amer. sl.
 
• GRUNT WORK
n. 1970 – work that is repetitious, often physically exhausting and boring; menial work, drudgery → US sl.

• GRUNTY
adj. 1900 – discontented, peevish → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 1790 – a pig → Sc.

• GRUNYIE
n. 1513 – the snout, esp. of a swine → obs., chiefly Sc.

• GRURE
n. ..900 – fright, terror; something frightful, fearful agony → obs.

• GRUREFUL
adj. 1225 – awful, terrible → obs.

• GRUSE
vb. 1225 – to munch → obs.

• GRUSH
adj. 1811 – healthy, thriving → Sc.
vb. 1420 – to crush; to make a deep wound in; to gash → obs.

• GRUSHIE
adj. 1786 – healthy, thriving → Sc.

• GRUSNEN
vb. 1325 – to cry out with fright → obs.
 
• GRUTCH
n. 1. 1460 – complaint → obs.
n. 2. 1509 – uneasiness or disturbance of mind; scruple, doubt, misgiving → obs.
n. 3. 1541 – ill-will or resentment due to some special cause, as a personal injury, the superiority of an opponent, etc. → obs.
n. 4. 1814 – a grudge → Eng. dial.
n. 5. 1815 – want, lack, scarcity → obs.
vb. 1. 1225 – to murmur, to complain, to grumble → obs.
vb. 2. 1814 – to grudge → Eng. dial.

• GRUTCHER
n. 1250 – a murmurer, a grumbler, a complainer → obs.

• GRUZZLE
vb. 1. 1825 – to bruise, to press together → Sc.
vb. 2. 1825 – to eat voraciously, with an unpleasant noise → Sc.
vb. 3. 1899 – to speak huskily, to make a faint inarticulate sound → Sc.

• GRYLLE
n. 1555 – a cricket → obs.

• GRYPH
n. 1570 – a vulture → obs.

• GRYSANDE
adj. 1400 – greyish → Sc. obs.
 
• G-SHOT
n. 1. 1950 – a small dose of drugs used to hold off withdrawal symptoms until a full dose can be taken → drug culture sl.
n. 2. 1969 – a small amount of heroin → Amer. drug culture sl.
 
• G-STRING
n. 1970 – any device – a tampon, towel, etc., used to staunch the flow of menstrual blood → African-American sl.
 
• G.T.H.!
int. 1917 – ‘go to hell’ → Amer. sl.
 
• G.T.T.
adj. 1839 – “gone to Texas” to avoid paying debts; absconded → Amer. sl., now hist.

• GUARDAGE
n. 1616 – guardianship → obs.

• GUARDANCE
n. 1591 – guardianship → obs.

• GUARDANT
adj. 1574 – guarding, protecting, watching
n. 1592 – a keeper, a guardian, a protector

• GUARDFUL
adj. 1749 – watchful; careful

• GUARDIANAGE
n. 1600 – guardianship → obs.

• GUARDIANCE
n. 1560 – guardianship → obs.

• GUARDIANCY
n. 1864 – guardianship

• GUARDIANER
n. 1595 – a guardian → obs.

• GUARDIANESS
n. 1627 – a female guardian or tutor

• GUARDIANIZE
vb. 1847 – to act the part of a guardian

• GUARDIANT
n. 1618 – a guardian → obs.

• GUARISH
vb. 1. 1474 – to cure, to heal → obs.
vb. 2. 1489 – to recover → obs.

• GUARISHER
n. 1474 – a healer, a curer → obs.

• GUATEMALY DIRT DOBBERS
n. 1970 – sandals → US sl. (Bk.)
 
• GUB
n. ..20C – a White person → Aust.
vb. 1985 – to hit a person, esp. in the mouth → Sc. sl.
 
• GUBBAH
n. 20C – a White person → Aust.

• GUBBER-TUSH
n. 1621 – a large projecting tooth → obs. exc. Eng. dial.

• GUBBER-TUSHED
adj. 1688 – having large projecting teeth → obs.

• GUBBINS
n. 1. 1553 – fragments, esp. of fish; later, trash, anything of little value; a gadget, a thingamajig
n. 2. 1740 – an unintelligent, uneducated, or ignorant person; a fool, an idiot, a blockhead; a greedy, clownish person, a country fellow → Eng. dial. 

• GUBBOCK
n. 1900 – a stupid person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GUBBY
n. 1900 – a crowd; a number of things in a heap → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GUBER
adj. 1989 – relating to a governor or governorship → Nigerian English

• GUBERN
vb. 1505 – to govern → Sc. obs.

• GUBERNACLE
n. 1425 – a rudder of a boat or ship → obs.

• GUBERNANCE
n. 1455 – a governing a nation, a person, an activity, etc.; direction, rule; regulation → obs.

• GUBERNATE
vb. 1623 – to govern → obs.

• GUBERNATION
n. 1450 – a governing; guidance; control; rule, government

• GUBERNATIVE
adj. 1532 – relating to government; also, having the function of governing

• GUBERNATOR
n. 1522 – a ruler, a governor

• GUBERNATORIAL
adj. 1825 – relating to a person’s father → obs.

• GUBERNATORY
adj. 1754 – having the function of governing → obs.

• GUBERNATRICE
n. 1522 – a female ruler or governor → Sc. obs.

• GUBERNATRIX
n. 1541 – a female ruler or governor → obs.

• GUBERS
n. 1971 – acne; facial pimples → US sl. (Bk.)

• GUCK
n. 1. 1596 – a foolish saying; a fool → Sc. obs.
n. 2. ..19C – the cuckoo, Cuculus canorus → Sc.
n. 3. 1887 – a duck → Sc.
n. 4. 1945 – slime or oozy dirt; any oozy, sticky, or slimy substance → colloq.
vb. 1603 – to trifle; to play the fool → Sc. obs.
 
• GUCKED
adj. 1450 – foolish, silly → obs. chiefly Sc.
 
• GUCKRY
n. 1596 – foolishness, folly → Sc. obs.
 
• GUCKY
adj. 1913 – crooked → Amer. dial. (Bk.)

• GUDAME
n. 1773 – a grandmother → Sc.

• GUDDICK
n. 1886  – a riddle, a conundrum, a puzzle → Sc.
 
• GUDDLE
n. 20C – a muddled affair; a mix-up; confusion → colloq.
vb. 1. 1584 – to gargle → obs.
vb. 2. ..E19 – to do sexual foreplay; to feel a woman; to rudely grasp a woman’s private parts or the breasts → Brit. sl. 
vb. 3. 1818 – to catch fish with the hands, by groping under the stones or banks of a stream → Sc.
vb. 4. 1825 – to drink much and greedily → Eng. dial.
vb. 5. 1825 – to guzzle → Eng. dial.

• GUDDLER
n. 1825 – a great drinker; one who is fond of liquor → Eng. dial.

• GUDE NAIL
n. 1866 – a good disposition or ‘streak’ in one’s nature → Sc. obs.

• GUDGE
n. 1871 – a short, thickset fellow; a strongly-made countryman → Sc.
vb. 1735 – to eat ravenously or too much; to be gluttonous → Sc.

• GUDGEON
n. 1584 – a credulous, gullible person; one who will swallow anything

• GUDGET
n. 1. 1581 – a camp-follower; hence, a person of menial or low type → Sc. obs.
n. 2. 1825 – a glutton → Sc.
vb. 1825 – to be gluttonous → Sc.

• GUDGICK
n. 1900 – a short, thickset person → Sc. (Bk.)

• GUDGIE
adj. 1856 – short and thick, stout → Sc.

• GUE
n. 1612 – a rogue → obs.

• GUEPARD
n. 19C – a cheetah

• GUERDON
n. 1366 – a reward, requital, or recompense

• GUERIE
n. 1542 – a sudden access of passion → obs.

• GUERISON
n. 1484 – cure, a healing → obs.

• GUERPE
vb. 1646 – to abandon, to forsake → obs.

• GUERPISH
vb. 1484 – to abandon, to forsake → obs.

• GUERRE
n. 1475 – war → obs.
vb. 1475 – to wage war → obs.

• GUERRILLA
vb. 1970 – to take over; to appropriate → US students’ sl. (Bk.)

• GUESS AT HALF AND MULTIPLY BY TWO
vb. 1913 – to allow ‘about as much as you would’ → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GUESSING-STORY
n. 1900 – a conundrum, a riddle → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GUESSIVE
adj. 1628 – of the nature of a guess; conjectural → obs.

• GUESTIVE
adj. 1615 – suitable for guests → obs.

• GUEST LECTURER
n. 1969 – anyone who is certain to put his audience to sleep → US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)

• GUESTLING
n. 1855 – a young guest

• GUESTRED
n. 1573 – the position or standing of a guest → obs.
 
• GUFF
n. 1. 1825 – a puff, a whiff
n. 2. 1856 – a puff of wind; a slight breeze → Sc.
n. 3. 1864 – an offensive smell; a whiff, savour → Sc.
n. 4. 1888 – empty talk, nonsense → sl., orig. US
n. 5. 1898 – a guffaw; a loud, sudden noise; a suppressed bark or snort → Sc.
n. 6. 1900 – a grimace → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 7. 1900 – stuff; refuse of any kind → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1766 – to laugh immoderately at anything; to talk foolishly, to babble → Sc.
 
• GUFFIN
n. 1862 – an awkward, clumsy oaf → Brit. & Amer. dial.

• GUFFINESS
n. 1825 – fatness; chubbiness of the cheeks or temples → Sc.
 
• GUFFLE
vb. 1825 – to puzzle very much; to nonplus → Sc.
 
• GUFFOON
n. 19C – an oaf → Brit.

• GUFFY
adj. 1825 – fat about the temples and cheeks, chubby → Sc.
n. 1882 – a sailor’s name for a soldier
 
• GUG
n. 1970 – an extremely unpleasant person → US sl. (Bk.)

• GUGG
vb. 1633 – to wound, to gall → obs.

• GUGGLE
n. 1. 1680 – the windpipe → Eng. dial. & sl.
n. 2. 1825 – the shell of a snail → Eng. dial.
vb. 1. 1617 – to deceive, to cheat, to defraud → obs.
vb. 2. 1866 – to gurgle, to make a bubbling sound; to drink with a gurgling sound; to gargle → Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 3. 1866 – to soil, to dirty → Eng. dial.
vb. 4. 1866 – to work something soft with the hands → Eng. dial.
vb. 5. 1914 – to work in a bungling way → Eng. dial.
 
• GU-GU
n. L19 – an Asian or dark-skinned foreigner, esp. a Filipino → US sl., derogatory

• GUIDAGE
n. 1805 – a guiding, guidance

• GUIDANT
n. 1. 1495 – a person who guides → obs.
n. 2. 1691 – guidance, a guiding → obs.

• GUIDED MISSILE
n. 1970 – the erect penis → African-American sl.

• GUIDEMENT
n. 1578 – guidance; rule; direction → obs.

• GUIDERESS
n. 1374 – a female who guides; a female ruler or director; an instructress → obs.

• GUIDE-STOOP
n. 1900 – a guide-post, a signpost → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
• A GUID NAIL
n. 1902 – a good disposition → Sc. (Bk.)

• GUIDO
n. 1985 – a person regarded as socially unsophisticated; an Italian-American man, esp. one who is aggressively masculine and vain regarding his appearance and possessions → US sl., usually derogatory

• GUILER
n. 1303 – a person who beguiles, a deceiver → obs.

• GUILERY
n. 1303 – deception, deceit, cheating, trickery → obs. exc. Eng. dial.

• GUILESOME
adj. 1382 – full of guile; deceitful, false → obs.

• GUILOUS
adj. 1384 – guileful → obs.

• GUILTER
n. 1200 – an offender, a transgressor → obs.

• GUILTFUL
adj. 1655 – full of guilt, guilty → obs.

• GUILTIST
n. 1693 – a guilty person; an offender → obs.
 
• GUIN
n. 20C – a nickname for an Italian → US sl., derogatory
 
• GUINEA
n. 1890 – an immigrant of Italian or Spanish origin → US sl., derogatory and offensive
 
• GUINEA-HEN
n. 17C – a courtesan; a prostitute → Brit.
 
• GUINZO
n. 1931 – a person of Italian extraction → US sl., derogatory
 
• GUIVER
n. 1864 – insincere talk; pretense → Aust. sl.

• GULCH
n. 1. 1602 – a glutton; a drunkard → obs.
n. 2. 1671 – a heavy fall → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 1225 – to swallow or devour greedily → obs. exc. Eng. dial.

• GULCHCUP
n. 1250 – a person who drains the cup greedily, a tosspot → obs.

• GULCHIN
n. 1671 – a little glutton → obs.

• GULCHINGLY
adv. 1598 – greedily, voraciously → obs.

• GULCH OUT
vb. 1225 – to vomit → obs.

• GULCHY
adj. 1598 – coarsely fat; corpulent → obs. exc. Eng. dial.

• GULDIE
n. 1824 – a tall, black-faced, gloomy-looking man → Sc.

• GULE
n. 1. 1390 – gluttony → obs.
n. 2. 1659 – the gullet → obs.
vb. 1. 1825 – to flout, to sneer; to laugh, to make fun of, to jeer, to boast → Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. 1852 – to amaze, to bewilder → Eng. dial.

• GULESOUGHT
n. 1400 – jaundice → obs. exc. Sc.
 
• GULF
n. E20 – a public restroom → US sl.
 
► GULIST n. one who pampers his appetite; a glutton, a gormandizer → 1632 obs.
 
• GULL
n. 1. L16 – a simpleton; an oaf
n. 2. 20C – a prostitute, one who frequents the coastal area → US sl.

• GULLAGE
n. 1607 – deception, cajolery → obs.

• GULLER
n. 1. 1602 – a person who dupes or befools; a cheat → obs.
n. 2. 1604 – a guzzler, a glutton → obs.

• GULLERY
n. 1598 – deception, trickery, imposture; a deception, a trick → obs.

• GULLET-FANCIER
n. 1805 – a gourmet

• GULLETS
n. 1900 – young unfledged geese → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GULL-FINCH
n. 1604 – a fool, a simpleton; a person easily deceived → obs.

• GULL-GROPER
n. 1602 – a person who swindles an unsuspecting person

• GULLIEGAUPUS
n. 1900 – a big, stupid person → Sc. (Bk.)

• GULLIEWILLIE
n. 1825 – a noisy, blustering, quarrelsome fellow → Sc.

• GULLIFIED
adj. 1624 – made a dupe of; gulled → obs.

• GULLIGUTTED
adj. 1694 – gluttonous → obs.
 
• GULLION
n. 1. 1822 – a sum of money equal to 2s in value → Sc.
n. 2. 1824 – mud, a quagmire, a stinking, rotting marsh → Sc. & Irish
n. 3. 1825 – a contemptible and mean wretch; a soft, worthless fellow → Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 4. 1829 – a drunkard → Eng. dial.
n. 5. 1839 – the stomach-ache, colic → Eng. & Amer. dial.

• GULLISH
adj. 1598 – foolish, simple
 
• GULLOP
vb. 1642 – to belch up → obs. rare

• GULLOWING
adj. 1598 – guzzling → obs.
 
• GULLY
n. 19C – the female genitals; the vagina → Brit. sl.
 
• GULLY-FLUFF
n. 19C – the fluff, dirt, etc., which accumulates in the pockets → colloq.

• GULLY-GUT
n. 1542 – a glutton, a gormandizer → obs.
 
• GULLY-HOLE
n. 19C – the female genitals; the vagina → Brit. sl.

• GULLY-RAKER
n. 1847 – a cattle thief → Aust.
 
• GULLY-WASHER
n. 1903 – a heavy rain that washes gullies in the ground; a heavy downpour → Amer. dial.

• GULOSITY
n. 1500 – gluttony, greediness, voracity

• GULOUS
adj. 1657 – gluttonous → obs.
 
• GULPIN
n. 1. 1802 – a marine → nautical usage
n. 2. 1814 – a young child → Sc.
n. 3. 1867 – one who will swallow anything; one easily gulled; a credulous simpleton; a fool
n. 3. 1869 – a thick-witted, stubborn fellow → Irish

• GULPY
adj. 1900 – short and fat → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GULSH
n. 1900 – silly talk, ribaldry → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GULSKY
adj. 1900 – coarsely fat, corpulent → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GULTIE
n. 1795 – a pig, esp. a castrated boar; a nickname or a pet-name for a pig → Sc.

• GUM
n. 1. 1751 – insolence → old sl.
n. 2. 1815 – God
n. 3. ..20C – nonsense; humbug → old Amer. dial.
n. 4. ..20C – opium → US drug culture sl.
vb. 1. 1840 – to dupe, cheat, deceive → US sl.
vb. 2. ..20C – to talk nonsense → old Amer. dial.
 
• GUMA
n. 1. ..L19 – semen → US colloq.
n. 2. 1967 – heroin → US sl.
 
• GUMBA
n. 1960 – a thug; a gangster; spec., a member of an organized crime syndicate, usually the US Mafia → US sl.
 
• GUMBAH
n. 1. 1955 – a close male friend → US sl.
n. 2. 1950 – a stupid person → US sl.
n. 3. 1950 – an Italian-American → sl.
n. 4. 1960 – in the US Mafia: a patron → US criminals’ sl.
 
• GUM BEATERS
n. 1969 – false teeth → Amer. dial.

• GUMBIES
n. 1970 – black tennis shoes → US students’ sl. (Bk.)

• GUMBLE
n. 1688 – a cheekbone → obs.

• GUMBLES
n. 1900 – noises or rumblings → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)

• GUMBLY
adj. 1900 – confused, disorderly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GUMBO
n. 20C – heavy mud → sl.
 
• GUM BOOT
n. 20C – a police officer, esp. a detective or plainclothes officer → Amer. sl.
vb. 20C – (usually as ‘gumboot’) to work as a police officer or detective → Amer. sl.
 
• GUMBY
n. 1. 1970 – a dull, tedious person, esp. one out of touch with current fashions → Can. teen sl.
n. 2. 1980 – a slanted box haircut → Amer. teen sl.

• GUM-DIDDER
n. 1653 – the quivering or shivering of the gums
 
• GUMDIGGER
n. 1941 – a dentist → Aust. sl.

• GUMFIATE
vb. 1821 – to puff up, to cause to swell

• GUMFLATE
vb. 1820 – to swell, to inflate → Sc. obs.
 
• GUMFOOT
n. E20 – a police officer, esp. a detective or plainclothes officer; one known for wearing, silent, gum-rubber shoes → Amer. sl.
vb. 20C – to work as a police officer or detective → Amer. sl.
 
• GUM GODFREY!
int. an exclamation and oath, “By God!” 
 
• GUMHEEL
n. E20 – a police officer, esp. a detective or plainclothes officer; one known for wearing, silent, gum-rubber shoes → Amer. sl.
vb. 20C – to work as a police officer or detective → Amer. sl. 

• GUMLY
adj. 1787 – muddy, turbid → Sc. obs.

• GUMMEL • GUMMUL
vb. 1825 – to gobble up, to eat ravenously → Sc.

• GUMMER
n. 20C – a grandmother → US sl.

• GUMMIDGE
n. 1873 – a peevish, pessimist person; the complaints of such a person

• GUMMIDGEY
adj. 1889 – of a snarling, scolding disposition

• GUMMLE
vb. 1823 – to confuse, to perplex, to perturb → Sc.

• GUMMUT
n. 1900 – a stupid fellow, a lout → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GUMMY
adj. 1. 1922 – inferior; tedious; unpleasant → Amer. sl.
adj. 2. 1940 – sentimental; maudlin → Amer. sl.

• GUMP
n. 1. 1722 – a foolish person → sl., now US 
n. 2. 1824 – the whole of anything → Sc.
n. 3. 1825 – a plump child, one that is rather overgrown → Sc.
n. 4. 1899 – a chicken, esp. a stolen one → Amer. tramps’ sl.
n. 5. 1920 – common sense, shrewdness
n. 6. 1950 – a male homosexual → Amer. prison sl.
vb. 1811 – to grope with the hands, esp. to grope after fish → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.

• GUMPH
n. 1722 – a foolish person → sl., now US
vb. 1825 – to beat, to baffle, to defeat, to get the better of → Sc.

• GUMP-HEAD
n. 1889 – a stupid person; a blockhead → Sc.

• GUMPHIELEERY
adj. 1900 – stupid, silly → Sc. (Bk.)

• GUMPLE
vb. 1900 – to get into a sulky humour → Sc. (Bk.)

• GUMPLE-FACE
n. 1832 – a downcast countenance → Sc.

• GUMPLE-FACED
adj. 1827 – having a dejected countenance; sulky → Sc.

• GUMPLE-FOISTED
adj. 1824 – sulky, in a bad humour, out of temper; ill-humoured → Sc.
 
• GUMPTION
n. 1831 – sense; shrewdness; courage; initiative; enterprise → Amer. colloq.

• GUMPTIOUS
adj. 1. 1853 – clever, vain, self-important
adj. 2. 1860 – having common sense
 
• GUMPUNCHER
n. 20C – a dentist → Aust. sl.

• GUMPUS
n. 1825 – a foolish person, a dolt → Sc.

• GUMSH
n. 1900 – common sense, understanding → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GUMSHOE
n. 1906 – a police officer, esp. a detective or plainclothes officer; one known for wearing, silent, gum-rubber shoes → Amer. sl.
vb. 1. 20C – to work as a police officer or detective → Amer. sl.
vb. 2. 20C – to walk a police beat → Amer. sl.
vb. 3. 20C – to walk quietly and stealthily → Amer. sl.

• GUMSHOE ARTIST
n. 1. ..L19 – a sneak thief, a street robber → sl.
n. 2. 1930 – a plain-clothes detective → US sl.
 
• GUMSHOE MAN
n. 20C – a police officer, esp. a detective or plainclothes officer → Amer. sl.

• GUMSHOE WORKER
n. 1. 1900 – a sneak thief → US criminals’ sl.
n. 2. 1900 – an informer → US criminals’ sl.

• GUM-SMASHER
n. L19 – a dentist → sl.

• GUM-STAKE
n. 1671 – a tooth → obs.

• GUMSUCK
vb. L19 – to humbug, to deceive → US sl.
 
• GUMSUCKER
n. 1. 1855 – a person from Victoria; any native-born, non-aboriginal Australian → Aust. sl.
n. 2. 1900 – a fool, a simpleton → Aust. sl.

• GUM-SUCKING
n. L19 – kissing, esp. in public → sl., orig. US students’ usage

• GUM THE GAME
vb. 20C – to make a mess; to cause an obstruction → sl.

• GUM-TICKLER
n. 1. E19 – an alcoholic drink → US sl.
n. 2. L19 – a dentist → sl., orig. US
 
• GUM UP
vb. 1. 1890 – to ruin, to spoil, to throw into confusion; to wreck → Amer. sl.
vb. 2. 1930 – to talk nonsense → sl.

• GUM UP THE JOB
vb. 1910 – to make a mess; to cause an obstruction → sl.
 
• GUM UP THE WORKS
vb. 1890 – to ruin, to spoil, to throw into confusion → Amer. sl.
 
• GUN
adj. 1. 1916 – expert, pre-eminent → Aust. & NZ
adj. 2. 1998 – excellent → NZ sl.
n. 1. ..19C – gonorrhea → sl., obs.
n. 2. 1830 – an important person → Amer. sl.
n. 3. 1858 – a professional thief, esp. a pickpocket → Amer. sl.
n. 4. 1859 – an armed criminal → Amer. sl.
n. 5. 1870 – a professional killer → colloq.
n. 6. 1899 – a hypodermic syringe → US drug culture sl.
n. 7. 1900 – the accelerator of a car; the throttle of a car, airplane, etc. → Amer. sl.
n. 8. 1929 – throwing arm. esp. a strong and accurate one → US baseball sl.
n. 9. .M20 – the penis → sl.
n. 11. .M20 – a large surfboat for riding big waves → Aust. sl.
n. 12. .M20 – a champion, esp. in shearing → Aust. sl.
n. 13. .M20 – in horse racing: an all-out effort by a jockey → sl.
n. 14. 1960 – a long, heavy surfboard → Amer. surfers’ sl.
vb. 1. 1812 – to look over; to examine → UK sl.
vb. 2. 1898 – to shoot someone→ Amer. sl.
vb. 3. 1920 – to accelerate a vehicle or rev its engine → US sl.
vb. 4. 1983 – in computing: to use a computer’s force-quit feature to close a malfunctioning program → US sl.
vb. 5. 2003 – to attack verbally → UK sl.
vb. 6. 2003 – to inject a drug intravenously → UK drug culture sl.
 
• GUN AND BOMB
n. 2003 – a condom → UK rhyming sl.
 
• GUN AND RIFLE CLUB
n. 1978 – an inner-city hospital’s casualty department → US sl.
 
• GUN APE
n. 1988 – an artillery soldier → US sl.
 
• GUN BELT
n. 1991 – the American defense industry → US sl.
 
• GUNBOATS
n. 1. 1860 – a pair of boots → US Civil War usage
n. 2. 1862 – a pair of shoes or galoshes, esp. of a large size → Amer. sl.
n. 3. 1886 – large feet → Amer. sl.
 
• GUN-BULL
n. 1928 – an armed prison guard → US sl.
 
• GUN BUNNY
n. 1970 – an artilleryman → US sl.
 
• GUNCEL
n. 1. 1914 – a sexually vulnerable boy or young man → Amer. criminals’ sl.
n. 2. 1931 – a male homosexual → Amer. sl.
 
• GUNCH
n. 1970 – an attempt to influence the roll of a pinball → Amer. sl.
vb. 1970 – to attempt to influence the roll of a pinball → Amer. sl.
 
• GUNCHESTER
n. 1994 – Manchester, England → UK sl.

• GUNDIE
adj. 1900 – greedy, voracious → Sc. (Bk.)
 
• GUNDIE-GUTS
n. 1712 – a fat, pursy fellow; a greedy person, or one having a voracious appetite → obs.

• GUN DOCTOR
n. 1913 – a gunner’s mate → Amer. navy sl. (Bk.)
 
• GUN DOWN
vb. 1. 1969 – to kill with a gun → sl.
vb. 2. 2002 – of a male: to masturbate while looking directly at somebody else → US sl.
 
• GUNDY
adj. 20C – unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless → Aust. sl.
n. 1894 – a push, a shove → Sc.

• GUNDY-GUT
n. 1718 – a fat paunch → obs.

• GUNDY-GUTS
n. 1699 – a gluttonous, voracious person → obs.
 
• GUNFIGHTER SEAT
n. 1997 – in a public place: a seat with the back against the wall, overlooking the room → US sl.
 
• GUNFIRE
n. 1912 – an early-morning cup of tea served to troops before going on first parade → army sl.
 
• GUN FOR
vb. 1. 1878 – to be on the lookout for with the intent of hurting or killing; to seek out or pursue with harmful intent; to aim to punish → US sl.
vb. 2. 1940 – to pursue actively → Amer. sl.
vb. 3. .M20 – to support, to go for → Aust. sl.
 
• GUN FROM THE GATE
n. 1951 – in horse racing: a racehorse that starts races quickly → US sl.
 
• GUNGA
adj. 1970 – stupid, gauche → US sl. (Bk.)
int. 1970 – golly; gosh → US sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. 1944 – marijuana, esp. from Jamaica → US sl.
n. 2. 1992 – the chin → UK rhyming sl. (Gunga Din)
 
• GUNGA DIN
n. 1. 1992 – the chin → UK rhyming sl.
n. 2. 1994 – used to address a man with a perceived Indian or Asian ethnicity → UK sl., derogatory, racist
 
• GUNGE
n. 1. 1776 – a market
n. 2. .M20 – marijuana → Aust. sl.
n. 3. 1965 – any dirty, messy or sticky substance; general filth → colloq.
n. 4. 1977 – any tropical skin disease affecting the crotch area of a US soldier in Vietnam → US sl.
n. 5. 2003 – rubbish, nonsense → UK sl.
vb. 1976 – to make filthy → UK sl.
 
• GUNGED UP
adj. 1962 – filthy; sticky; clogged with filth, esp. with an unidentifiable or disgusting viscid substance → UK sl.
 
• GUNGEON
n. 1944 – marijuana, esp. from Jamaica → US sl.
 
• GUNGE UP
vb. 1976 – to make filthy; to clog with dirty viscous material → Brit. sl.
 
• GUNGEY
adj. 1962 – filthy; sticky; clogged with filth, esp. with an unidentifiable or disgusting viscid substance → UK sl.
 
• GUNG-HO
adj. 1. 1942 – very zealous; totally committed; dedicated; spirited; enthusiastic; wholeheartedly fervid about doing something → US sl., orig. US Marine Corps usage
adj. 2. M20 – warlike; keenly militaristic → Aust. sl.
 
• GUNGI
adj. 1961 – enthusiastic; spirited, brave → US sl.
 
• GUNGINEER
n. 1930 – an engineer officer turned over to gun-mounting → Royal Navy usage
 
• GUNGOO
adj. 20C – genuine; complete, entire → Royal Navy usage
 
• GUNGUN
n. 1998 – marijuana variously claimed to be from Africa, Jamaica, or Mexico → UK sl.
 
• GUNGY
adj. 1. 1961 – enthusiastic; spirited, brave → US sl.
adj. 2. 1962 – filthy; sticky; clogged with filth, esp. with an unidentifiable or disgusting viscid substance; messy, ugly, smelly, old, or ragged → UK sl.
adj. 3. 1962 – second-rate, spoilt → sl.
 
• GUN HAND
n. 1971 – in racquetball: the hand with which a player holds the racquet → US sl.
 
• GUNIAH • GUNIAR
n. L19 – a ‘black-fellow’s’ hut, roughly constructed of boughs and bark; also, a White man’s hut or house → Aust , orig. Aboriginal
  
• GUN IT
vb. 1976 – of a vehicle: to travel at top speed → US sl.
 
• GUNJA • GUNJEH
n. 1944 – marijuana, esp. from Jamaica → US sl.
 
• GUNK
n. 1. 1807 – a disappointment; a jilt → Sc.
n. 2. 1900 – a dunce, a blockhead → Sc. (Bk.)
n. 3. 1932 – an unidentified and unpleasant substance; any nasty, messy stuff, dirt, slime; any sticky, viscous liquid, esp. hair tonic, cosmetics, lubricants, etc. → US sl.
n. 4. .M20 – glue sniffed as a recreational drug → US drug culture sl.
n. 5. 1964 – a person → US sl., derogatory
n. 6. 1960 – non-physical rubbish, trash, as of a radio or TV broadcast; matter deficient either technically or artistically, also vulgar and lacking in moral responsibility → sl.
n. 7. 1982 – any industrial solvent inhaled for its psychoactive effect → US sl.
n. 8. 1999 – a thick liquid → UK sl.
vb. 1824 – to disappoint, to take aback → Sc.
 
• GUNKHOLE
n. 1908 – a shallow cove or channel nearly unnavigable because of mud, rocks, or vegetation → Amer. yachting usage
vb. 1908 – to cruise, rivers, creeks, tidal estuaries, etc. in a small yacht, anchoring in remote spots → Amer. yachting usage

• GUNKIE
n. 1825 – a dupe → Sc.

• GUNKY
adj. 1. 1937 – unpleasantly sticky; messy, mucky; gooey → colloq., orig. US
adj. 2. 1971 – undesirable → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
 
• GUN MOLL
n. 1908 – an armed female thief or other criminal; the female companion of a male gunman or gangster; a female gangster → US sl.
 
• GUN-MOUTH PANTS
n. 1937 – men’s trousers with straight, tapered legs → Trinidad and Tobago sl.

• GUNN
n. 1969 – an especially good student → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
 
• GUNNA
n. 1996 – a procrastinator → Aust. sl.
 
• GUNNEAH
n. L19 – a ‘black-fellow’s’ hut, roughly constructed of boughs and bark; also, a White man’s hut or house → Aust , orig. Aboriginal
 
• GUNNER
n. 1. 1709 – -one who lies in order to do harm → sl. obs.
n. 2. 1889 – a thief → sl. obs.
n. 3. ..L19 – a Merchant Service warrant officer in the East → nautical usage
n. 4. 1930 – the person shooting the dice in craps → US sl.
n. 5. 1949 – braces (suspenders) → US sl.
n. 6. 1951 – in poker: the player with the best hand or who plays his hand as if it were the best hand → US sl.
n. 7. 1960 – in basketball: a flashy performer → US basketball sl.
n. 8. 1965 – a person with sexual expertise and experience → US sl.
n. 9. 1994 – a student who aggressively courts attention in class; earlier, a sexually aggressive student; one who takes competition to an aggressive level → Amer. students’ sl.
 
• GUNNER’S TAILOR
n. 1867 – the rating who made the cartridge bags → obs. naval usage
 
• GUNNERY JACK
n. L19 – a gunnery lieutenant → Royal Navy usage
 
• GUNNIF
n. 2000 – a thief, a crook → UK sl.
 
• GUNNING
n. 1868 – thieving → criminals’ sl.
 
• GUNNY
n. 1. 1950 – an armed criminal → Amer. sl.
n. 2. 1957 – a gun enthusiast; a proponent of gun possession → US sl.
n. 3. 1940 – a gunnery sergeant → US Marine Corps usage
n. 4. 1970 – potent marijuana → US sl.
n. 5. 1980 – a door gunner on an airship, or a crew member of a gunship → US sl.
 
• GUNNYA(H)
n. L19 – a ‘black-fellow’s’ hut, roughly constructed of boughs and bark; also, a White man’s hut or house → Aust , orig. Aboriginal

• GUNNY-EYED
adj. 1900 – squinting, ‘one-eyed’ → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GUN PET
n. 1990 – a parapet fortified to protect artillery → US sl.
 
• GUNPOWDER
n. 1. ..L17 – an old woman → sl.
n. 2. 1755 – a fiery drink → sl.

• GUNPOWDERED
adj. 1604 – readily inflamed or excited → obs.
 
• GUNS
n. 1. 1916 – a gunnery-lieutenant → Royal Navy usage
n. 2. 1981 – the fists → US sl.
n. 3. 1990 – a helicopter gunship → US Army Aero Weapons Platoon (Vietnam) usage
n. 4. 1990 – to marines in Vietnam: a weapons squad or platoon → US sl.
 
• GUNSACK
n. 2003 – thick, heavy female thighs → Trinidad and Tobago sl.
 
• GUNSEL
n. 1. 1914 – a boy kept for homosexual purposes, a catamite → US sl.
n. 2. 1918 – a tramp’s young male companion or lover; hence, any homosexual youth → US sl.
n. 3. 1910 – a stupid or inexperienced youth; a young man; a naive young man → US sl.
n. 4. 1943 – a gunman or armed thug → US sl.
 
• GUNSHEL
n. 1. 1910 – a young man; a naive young man → US sl.
n. 2. 1918 – a tramp’s young male companion or lover; hence, any homosexual youth → US sl.
n. 3. 1943 – a gunman or armed thug → US sl.
 
• GUNSHIP
n. 1. 1988 – a van used in a drive-by shooting → US sl.
n. 2. 1999 – in the Metropolitan Police: a Flying Squad car when firearms are being carried → UK sl.
n. 3. 1999 – in the Metropolitan Police: an Armed Response Vehicle → UK sl.
 
• GUN-SHOT
n. 2001 – a single measure of chilled After Shock™ cinnamon or peppermint liqueur imbibed through a straw in a single action → UK sl.
 
• GUN-SHY
adj. 1884 – apprehensive; reluctant; fearful → Amer. sl.

• GUNSIR
n. 1900 – a big, stupid, ungainly, or clumsy person → Sc. (Bk.)
 
• GUN-SLINGER
n. 1. 1928 – a western gunfighter; an armed criminal → sl., chiefly US
n. 2. 1990 – an inmate who habitually exposes himself to female guards → Amer. prison sl.
n. 3. 2002 – a chronic masturbator → US sl.
 
• GUNSMITH
n. 1934 – an experienced pickpocket who trains novice pickpockets → US sl.
 
• GUN SOMEONE DOWN
vb. 1898 – to shoot so as to fell or kill → Amer. sl.
 
• GUNSTER
n. 1700 – a bouncing fellow, a ‘cracker’; a harmless liar → sl.
 
• GUN TALK
n. 2003 – tough, threatening talk → Trinidad and Tobago sl.
 
• THE GUNTZ
n. 1958 – the whole lot, the whole way → UK sl.
 
• GUNTZEL
n. 1. 1910 – a young man; a naive young man → US sl.
n. 2. 1914 – a sexually vulnerable boy or young man; a boy kept for homosexual purposes → Amer. criminals’ sl.
n. 3. 1918 – a tramp’s young male companion or lover; hence, any homosexual youth → US sl.
n. 4. 1943 – a gunman or armed thug → US sl.
 
• GUN UP
vb. 1981 – to prepare to fight, either with fists or weapons → US sl.
 
• GUNYAH • GUNYER • GUNYIO
n. L19 – a ‘black-fellow’s’ hut, roughly constructed of boughs and bark; also, a White man’s hut or house → Aust, orig. Aboriginal
 
• GUNZ
n. 1880 – a drill sergeant → Brit.
 
• GUNZEL
n. 1. 1910 – a young man; a naive young man → US sl.
n. 2. 1918 – a tramp’s young male companion or lover; hence, any homosexual youth → US sl.
n. 3. 1943 – a gunman or armed thug → US sl.
 
• GUNZEL-BUTT
n. 1970 – a strange-looking person; → US sl. (Bk.)
 
• GUNZL
n. 1. 1910 – a young man; a naive young man → US sl.
n. 2. 1943 – a gunman or armed thug → US sl.
 
• GUP
int. 1. 1528 – exclamation of remonstrance or derision → obs.
int. 2. 1528 – go up!; to a horse: get up! → colloq.
n. 1. 1806 – gossip; scandal; silly talk → Anglo-Indian colloq.
n. 2. 1925 – a fool → Aust. sl.
n. 3. 1930 – information → army sl.
 
• GUP-GUP
n. 1809 – gossip; scandal → Anglo-Indian colloq.
 
• GUPPIE
n. 1. 1984 – a homosexual yuppie (young urban professional) → sl., derogatory or jocular
n. 2. 1985 – a yuppie concerned about the environment, and ecological issues → sl.
 
• GUPPIES
n. 1996 – anchovies → US sl.
 
• GUPPY
adj. 1930 – foolish, stupid, silly → sl.
n. 1. 1925 – a fool → Aust. sl.
n. 2. 1948 – a submarine which has been streamlined and equipped with a snorkel → orig. US
n. 3. 1971 – a person who is easily taken advantage of → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 4. 1984 – an individual who is socially categorized as a Gay Upwardly Mobile Professional → UK sl.
n. 5. 1991 – a heavy drinker → US sl.
n. 6. 1991 – a navy diver who is not SCUBA qualified → US Navy usage 

• GURDLE
vb. 1842 – of a dog: to growl → Eng. dial.

• GURGE
n. 1667 – a whirlpool
vb. 1523 – to turn into a whirlpool; to make a whirlpool → obs.

• GURGES
n. 1. 1664 – a whirlpool, a gulf
n. 2. 1875 – a pond, a pool → Eng. dial.

• GURGITATE
vb. 1. 1656 – to swallow greedily or immoderately → obs.
vb. 2. 1907 – of a river: to discharge itself into the sea

• GURGITATION
n. 1542 – a swallowing, guzzling → obs.

• GURGLET
n. 1796 – a tiny whirlpool

• GURGRUGOUS
adj. 1825 – ugly → Sc.

• GURGULATION
n. 1400 – a rumbling in the bowels → obs.

• GURGULIO
n. 1630 – the gullet; appetite for food → obs.

• GURGY
adj. 1825 – fat, short-necked, with a protuberant belly → Sc.

• GURK
n. 1. 1809 – a stout person; a fine, well-conditioned young fellow → Sc.
n. 2. ..E20 – an audible release of intestinal gas; a fart → Aust. sl.
n. 3. 1923 – a belch → sl.
vb. 1. ..E20 – to release intestinal gas audibly; to fart → Aust. sl.
vb. 2. 1923 – to belch → Brit. sl.

• GURKIN
n. 1900 – a very fat, short person → Sc. (Bk.)

• GURL
adj. 1513 – of the weather: boisterous, rough → Sc.
n. 1. 1755 – a growl; boisterous or rough weather → Sc.
n. 2. 1871 – flattery, deceit → Sc.
vb. 1. 1380 – to rumble, to growl; of the wind: to roar, to howl
vb. 2. 1900 – to flatter → Sc. (Bk.)

• GURLIE • GURLY
adj. 1. 1718 – boisterous, stormy, rough → Sc.
adj. 2. 1721 – surly, cross, crabbed, growly, ill-humoured, bad-tempered, sour-tempered → Sc.
adj. 3. 1823 – of water: gurgling; of infants: gurgling, crowing → Sc.
adj. 4. 1837 – of a tree: gnarled → Sc.

• GURLIEWHIRKIE
n. 1825 – unforeseen evil, dark and dismal; premeditated revenge → Sc.

• GURLIN
n. 1900 – a boy, an urchin → Sc. (Bk.)

• GURLY
adj. 1. 1718 – of the weather: boisterous, stormy, rough; cold, bleak → Sc.
adj. 2. 1721 – surly, cross, ill-humoured; crabbed → Sc.
adj. 3. 1851 – of a dog: given to growling → Sc.
adj. 4. 1900 – deceitful, fair-spoken → Sc. (Bk.)

• GURMANDER
vb. 1570 – to eat greedily or gluttonously → obs.

• GURNER
n. 2000 – a person intoxicated by MDMA (ecstasy) → UK sl.

• GURNING
n. 1996 – the effect of tightened facial muscles as a result of taking MDMA (ecstasy) → UK sl.

• GURR
n. 1. ..E16 – diarrhoea → Brit. colloq.
n. 2. 1814 – a growl, a snarl → Sc.

• GURRAN
n. 1866 – a thickset animal; anything short and thick or good and strong of its kind → Sc.

• GURRAWAUN
n. 1864 – a coachman → obs. Anglo-Indian

• GURRELL
n. 1850 – a fob

• GURRIE • GURRY
n. 1523 – diarrhoea
 
• GURRIER
n. 1936 – orig., a Dublin street urchin; later, a rough, aggressive young man; a lout, a hooligan → Ireland colloq.
 
• GURRY
n. 1. ..E16 – diarrhoea → Brit. colloq.
n. 2. 1679 – an internal rumbling of the body due to flatulence → Eng. dial.
n. 3. 1885 – a brawl, a loud, angry disputation; a dog fight → Sc.
n. 4. 1900 – a hurry, bustle, confusion → Sc. (Bk.)

• GURRY-WURRY
n. 1885 – a brawl, a loud, angry disputation; a dog fight → Sc.

• GURTHIE
adj. 1. 1825 – nauseating → Sc.
adj. 2. 1900 – corpulent, obese → Sc. (Bk.)
 
• GURU
n. 1. 1960 – a leader, expert, or authority in some field, esp. a charismatic or spiritual figure who attracts a devoted following → Amer. sl.
n. 2. 1960 – a person who aids and supports someone having a psychedelic drug experience → US drug culture sl.
n. 3. 1960 – a psychiatrist → Amer. sl.
n. 4. 1990 – a computer expert → computing sl.
 
• GURU-YOU!
int. 1971 – a disguised curse, “Screw you!” or “Fuck you!” → US sl.

• GUS
n. 1971 – a policeman → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
 
• GUSH
n. 1. 1838 – a smell, a whiff, as of tobacco → colloq.
n. 2. 1865 – talk too effusive and objectionably sentimental → colloq.
vb. 1. 1864 – to talk too effusively and sentimentally; often, also insincerely → colloq.
vb. 2. 1992 – in professional wrestling: to bleed → US sl.

• GUSHEL
n. 1900 – an awkward lout; one who works in a clumsy or untidy manner → Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 1900 – to work untidily → Sc. (Bk.)

• GUSHER
n. 1. 1864 – an over-effusive and sentimental talker → colloq.
n. 2. 1876 – an oil well that does not have to be pumped
 
• GUSHING
adj. 1864 – excessively sentimental and effusive, either inanely or insincerely → colloq.
 
• GUSHY
adj. 1889 – excessively sentimental and effusive, either inanely or insincerely → colloq.
 
• GUSSET
n. 1. 17C – a woman, esp. a woman considered sexually → Brit.
n. 2. 17C – the female genitals → Brit.
 
• GUSSETEER
n. 19C – a whoremonger; a lecher; a wencher; somewhat derisory → Brit. sl.
 
• GUSSETING
n. 19C – wenching → colloq.
 
• GUSSET OF THE ARSE
n. L18 – the inner side of the buttocks → sl.
 
• GUSSIE
n. 1. 1500 – a pig, swine → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 2. ..19C – a division of an orange → Sc.
n. 3. 1882 – a coarse, lusty woman → Sc.
n. 4. 1890 – an affected and/or effeminate man → Aust. sl.
n. 5. 1930 – a nickname for an officer → army sl.
n. 6. 1999 – a homosexual man → usually offensive

• THE GUSSIS CROO
n. 1500 – the pigsty → Sc. obs.
 
• GUSSIED-UP
adj. 20C – smartly dressed → Aust. sl.
 
• GUSSIES
n. 1954 – women’s lace panties → sl.

• GUSSOCK
n. 1. 1900 – a heavy fall → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. 1900 – a sudden gust of wind → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GUSSY
adj. 1940 – of a person: overdressed → sl.
 
• GUSSY UP
vb. 1. ..20C – to clean or make neat → Amer. sl.
vb. 2. ..20C – to decorate or elaborate on a plain design → Amer. sl.
vb. 3. ..20C – to refurbish, to renovate; to polish → Amer. sl.
vb. 4. 1940 – to decorate; to make fancy → Amer. sl.
vb. 5. 1952 – to dress in one’s best clothes; to adorn oneself → Amer. sl.
 
• GUST
n. 1905 – a guest → jocular usage, obs.
 
• GUSTA
n. 1918 – a heavy fall → Aust. sl.

• GUSTABLE
adj. 1480  – able to be tasted; also, having a pleasant taste, appetizing
n. 1642 – something that can be tasted; an article of food

• GUSTATION
n. 1599 – a tasting, taste

• GUSTATIVE
adj. 1620 – concerned with tasting; having the function of tasting

• GUSTATORY
adj. 1684 – concerned with tasting or the sense of taste
n. 1670 – a place where men were wont to banquet → obs.

• GUSTER
n. 1. 1609 – a taste, professional or official → Sc. obs.
n. 2. 1900 – a breathless condition → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
• GUSTFUL
adj. 1. 1647 – full of flavour; pleasant to the taste, tasty → obs.
adj. 2. 1647 – pleasant to the mind or feelings → obs.
adj. 3. 1690 – fitfully irritable or emotional
adj. 4. 1789 – having relish or zest → obs.
adj. 5. 1825 – gusty
 
• GUSTO
n. 1. 1629 – exuberant enjoyment, zest
n. 2. 1960 – beer → sl., orig. African-American
n. 3. 1984 – money → US sl.
 
• GUSTY
adj. 1. 1690 – fitfully irritable or emotional
adj. 2. 1721 – tasty, savoury, appetizing → chiefly Sc.
adj. 3. 1964 – bad → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
 
• GUT
adj. 1. 1916 – easy; easily passed with little application or study → Amer. sl.
adj. 2. 1951 – based on one’s instincts, feelings,  or emotions; immediately or deeply felt; intuitive → Amer. colloq.
adj. 3. 1964 – basic; essential; most immediate → Amer. sl.
adj. 4. 1964 – of a political issue or the like: of fundamental importance; of extraordinary concern to voters, often engendering a visceral reaction → Amer. sl.
n. 1. 1000 – the stomach, abdomen, paunch
n. 2. .M17 – courage, bravery, staying power → sl.
n. 3. ..19C – gluttony → obs. sl.
n. 4. ..20C – a glutton → sl.
n. 5. 1910 – a sausage → US criminals’ sl.
n. 6. 1916 – a school course that requires little effort; an easy course → US sl.
n. 7. 1920 – the main street → US sl.
n. 8. 1920 – a certainty → US sl.
n. 9. 1946 – an air hose on a brake system → US sl.
n. 10. 1970 – an easy task → US sl.
n. 11. 2000 – a gut feeling → US sl.
vb. 1. ..17C – to eat like a glutton → sl.
vb. 2. ..L17 – to empty → sl.
vb. 3. 1940 – to display one’s courage → US sl.
vb. 4. 1960 – to punch in the stomach; literary and figurative use → African-American sl.
vb. 5. 1958 – in hot rodding: to remove all but the bare essentials from a car’s interior → US sl.
 
• GUT-ACHE
n. 1. ..L18 – a stomach ache → sl.
n. 2. 1950 – a greedy person → UK juvenile sl.
 
• GUT A FOB
vb. 1815 – to pick a pocket → criminals’ sl.
 
• GUT A HOUSE
vb. 17C – to empty a house of its furnishings; to rob it → criminals’ sl.
 
• GUT A JOB
vb. 19C – to render it valueless → sl.

• GUT AND GALL
n. 1768 – the whole contents of the stomach; esp. used of violent vomiting → obs.
 
• GUT AN OYSTER
vb. L17 – to eat it → obs. sl.
 
• GUT A QUART POT
vb. L17 – to drink the pot to the dregs → sl.
 
• GUT BAG
n. 1991 – a plastic bag containing frozen food, the exact identity of which is not clear → US sl.
 
• GUT-BARGE
vb. 2002 – to use your beer-belly to bump into another’s in an informal trial of strength → UK sl.
 
• GUTBASH
n. 1925 – a bellyful of food; hence, a resultant belly-ache → Services sl., esp. Royal Navy
 
• GUT BOMB
n. 1968 – a greasy hamburger; broadly; any greasy, tasty, heavy food; any food considered to be especially unhealthy → Amer. sl.
 
• GUT BOMBER
n. 1980 – a greasy hamburger; broadly, and food considered to be especially unhealthy → Amer. sl.
 
• GUT-BRACER
n. 1940 – a strong alcoholic drink → US sl.
 
• GUTBUCKET
n. 1. 1929 – jazz played in an especially earthy, bluesy, or robust manner, esp. in barrelhouse style; a very basic, raw, unsophisticated style of jazz; hence, extended to rock music → Amer. jazz musicians’ usage
n. 2. 1932 – a bucket used for food or liquor; hence, inferior liquor → African-American sl.
n. 3. 1938 – a grossly fat person; a pompous person, usually corpulent; used derisively → Amer. sl.
n. 4. 1942 – a toilet or chamber pot → Amer. sl.
n. 5. 1944 – a low place or dive → African-American sl.
n. 6. 1957 – the belly → Amer. sl.
n. 7. 1964 – a washtub bass → Amer. sl.
n. 8. 1970 – a rough and rowdy bar with rough and rowdy patrons → US sl.
n. 9. 1971 – a jazz or blues musician → Amer. jazz usage
n. 10. 1975 – a fish bait boat; hence, a messy space of any kind → US sl.
n. 11. 1989 – an old or unseaworthy vessel → US Navy sl.
 
• GUTBUCKETING
n. 1936 – playing in ‘gutbucket’ style (see ‘gutbucket’ n. 1.) → Amer. jazz usage
 
• GUT BUGGY
n. 1969 – an ambulance → Amer. sl.
 
• GUT-BURGLAR
n. 1925 – a cook → Amer. logging sl.
 
• GUT-BURNER
n. 1940 – a strong or bracing alcoholic drink → US sl.
 
• GUT-BUSTER
n. 1. 1929 – an activity requiring great effort, esp. great physical effort → Aust. sl.
n. 2. 1930 – something powerful and dramatic → sl.
n. 3. 1950 – a very steep hill → NZ sl.
n. 4. 1956 – a hilarious joke; something very funny → Amer. sl.
 
• GUT-BUSTING
adj. 1930 – powerful, energetic, overwhelming → sl.
 
• GUT-BUTCHER
n. 1927 – an active pederast → Amer. sl.
 
• GUT CARD
n. 1965 – in gin: a card that completes a broken sequence → US sl.
 
• GUT CHECK
n. 1. 1968 – a test of courage or determination → US sl.
n. 2. 1972 – a quick evaluation and reassertion of spirit and resolve, usually among teammates; a quick reassessment of strategy and stiffening of morale → Amer sl., orig. football usage
 
• GUTCHER
n. 1523 – a grandfather → chiefly Sc.
 
• GUT-CONCRETE
n. 19C – thick soup → sl.
 
• GUT COURSE
n. 1916 – an easy course in college → Amer. college sl.
 
• GUT-EATER
n. 1925 – a Native American: used contemptuously → Amer. Western usage
 
• GUT-EATING
adj. 1949 – Native American → Amer. Western usage, derogative
 
• GUT ENTRANCE
n. 1840 – the female genitals → sl. 

• GUTFATTY
n. L16 – a term of abuse for a person who has a fat stomach → sl.

• GUT-FIGHTER
n. 1. 1958 – an aggressive, usually undisciplined fighter who delivers rapid powerful punches to the abdomen → Amer. sl.
n. 2. 1962 – in politics: a candidate or political operative who wages an unusually aggressive uncompromising campaign, esp. against a politically stronger opponent → Amer. sl.

• GUT FOOT
n. 1930 – fallen arches, i.e. flat feet → African-American sl.

• GUT-FOUNDERED
adj. 1658 – extremely hungry → colloq.

• GUT-FUCKER
n. 19C – a pederast; a sodomite → sl.

• GUTFUL
n. 1900 – a sufficiency, quite as much of anything as one wants or care to take; enough to surfeit or disgust one; a bellyful→ sl., orig. Aust. & NZ

• GUT-GOUGER
n. 1963 – a knot high on the trunk of a tree → Amer. logging usage

• GUT GUNNER
n. 1910 – a student who succeeds in an easy course → US students’ sl.

• GUT-HALLION
n. 1900 – a voracious eater → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GUTHAMMER
n. 2000 – the penis → sl.

• GUT-HEAD
n. 1629 – one who is stupefied by an excess of food → sl.

• GUT-HEATER
n. 1940 – a slug of whisky; a strong or bracing drink of liquor → Amer. sl.

• GUT-HOOKS
n. 1930 – riding spurs → Amer. sl.

• GUT HOPPER
n. 1955 – a student who moves from one easy course to another → US sl.

• GUT HORN
n. 1958 – a long tin horn blown by the cook’s helper to call a logging crew to eat → Amer. sl.

• GUT ISSUE
n. 1986 – the one most important issue in a discussion → US sl.

• GUT IT
vb. 1. 1910 – to stay up all night working without any amphetamine for stimulation but purely through strength of will and character → US students’ sl.
vb. 2. 1930 – to be strong or tough in the face of adversity → US sl.

• GUT IT OUT
vb. 1930 – to be strong or tough in the face of adversity; to be sturdily stoic; to persist; to endure bravely and tenaciously → Amer. sl.

• GUT IT THROUGH
vb. 1930 – to be strong or tough in the face of adversity; to endure bravely and tenaciously → US sl.

• GUTKAS
n. 1920 – trousers → Cockney usage

• GUT-LED
adj. 1682 – ruled by one’s appetite

• GUTLER
n. 1900 – a glutton, a great eater → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GUTLESS
adj. 1. 1900 – cowardly, feeble, lacking determination → US sl.
adj. 2. 1945 – of automobiles: under-powered → colloq.
adj. 3. 2002 – used to describe an extreme of quality, either very good or very bad → UK sl.

• GUTLESS WONDER
n. 1937 – a totally insipid and spineless person; a coward → Amer. sl.

• GUTLING
n. 1617 – a great eater; a glutton → obs. exc. Eng. dial.

• GUT-MONGER
n. 1. 1655 – a person whose chief concern is his ‘gut’ or belly → obs.
n. 2. ..L19 – a pederast; a sodomite → sl.

• GUT OUT
vb. 1930 – to be strong or tough in the face of adversity; to endure bravely and tenaciously → US sl.

• GUT-PIECE
n. 1967 – the abdomen → Amer. sl.

• GUT PLUNGE ON BUTCH
n. 1920 – an act of scrounging for meat from a butcher’s shop by a tramp → US sl.

• GUT-POCK
n. 1660 –  the stomach, the belly → Sc.

• GUT PUDDING
n. 1697 – a sausage

• GUT-PULLER
n. 1850 – a poulterer → obs.

• GUT-PUNCH
vb. 1974 – to punch in the belly → Amer. sl.

• GUTRAGE
n. 1966 – a visceral anger → US sl.

• GUT REACTION
n. 1968 – an immediate and instinctive response; an intuition → Amer. sl.

• GUT REAMER
n. 19C – the active participant in anal sex → US sl.

• GUT-RIPPER
n. 1. 1865 – a sharp stick set in the ground close together with others, to hit a man in the stomach → Amer. sl.
n. 2. 1941 – a knife used as a weapon → Amer. sl.
n. 3. 1991 – an antipersonnel grenade that explodes at waist level → US sl.

• GUT-ROBBER
n. 1919 – a cook, esp. a bad one → US sl.

• GUTROT
n. 1. 1916 – cheap wine or spirits; inferior liquor → sl.
n. 2. 1916 – unhealthy looking or unpalatable food → Aust. sl.
n. 3. 1979 – a stomach upset → Brit. sl.

• GUTS
adj. 1. 1957 – requiring or demonstrating courage or fortitude → Amer. sl.
adj. 2. 1962 – earthy or spirited → Amer. sl.
n. 1. 1000 – one’s insides, the contents; the belly; the intestines
n. 2. 1596 – a term of abuse, an overweight or obese person; a notably fat person → UK, derogatory
n. 3. .M17 – courage, bravery, stamina, endurance, staying power; masculine valour → sl.
n. 4. 1663 – the essentials; the most important part; the inner and real meaning; the essence of a matter → UK
n. 5. .M18 – energy, vigour, power in performance → sl.
n. 6. .M19 – a glutton → sl.
n. 7. ..L19 – the source of true feelings → sl.
n. 8. ..20C – in horse racing: a combative and competitive spirit → sl.
n. 9. 1910 – the facts, the information → sl., orig. Aust.
n. 10. 1910 – cheek, audacity, nerve → sl.
n. 11. 1910 – the undercarriage of railroad trains on which tramps hitched a ride → US criminals’ sl.
n. 12. 1919 – information Aust. sl.
n. 13. 1920 – a sausage → US tramps’ sl.
n. 14. 1950 – in the game of two-up: the centre of the betting circle into which betted money is tossed → Aust. sl.
n. 15. 1975 – the interior of a car → US sl.
n. 16. 1990 – the pulp and membrane inside a fruit → Trinidad and Tobago sl.
vb. L19 – to eat greedily; to overeat → Aust. sl.

• GUTS-ACHE
n. 1. ..L18 – a stomach ache → sl.
n. 2. ..20C – a contemptible person → Aust. sl.
n. 3. 1950 – a greedy person → UK juvenile sl.

• GUTS AND BUTTS DOC
n. 1994 – a gastroenterologist → US sl.

• GUTS AND GARBAGE
n. M18 – a (very) fat man → sl.

• GUT SAUSAGE
n. 1958 – a poor man’s meal; cornmeal suet and in an intestine → Can. sl.

• GUTSBALL
adj. 1963 – courageous, spirited, plucky; robust → Amer. sl.
n. 1962 – (usually as ‘guts ball’) a ballgame such as baseball played with great aggressiveness and tenacity; hence, any action or actions requiring or demonstrating fortitude, extreme competitiveness, courage, determination, etc. → Amer. sl.

• GUT-SCRAPER
n. 1. 1707 – a fiddler; a violinist → sl.
n. 2. ..19C – a pederast → Brit. & US sl.

• GUTSER
n. 1. 1890 – a belly flop; a dive in which the diver hits the surface of the water flat on their stomach → colloq.
n. 2. 1900 – a glutton → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 3. 1905 a heavy fall; a collision → sl.
n. 4. 1917 – a disappointment; a let-down; a misfortune → Aust. sl.
n. 5. 1920 – in poker: four cards retained in the hope of making a straight → Aust. sl.
vb. 1. ..20C – to fall; to fail badly → Aust. sl.
vb. 2. 1950 – to be beaten or overcome; to lose → sl.

• GUTSFUL
n. 1920 – one’s fill; more than enough; a sufficiency, quite as much of anything as one wants or care to take → colloq., orig. Aust. & NZ

• GUTSFUL OF GRUNTS
n. 1910 – a disagreeable or unpleasant person → Aust. sl.

• GUTS-HIGH
adj. 1958 – extremely courageous; fearless → Amer. sl.

• GUT-SHOOT
vb. 1935 – to shoot in the belly or abdomen → Amer. sl., orig. Western

• THE GUTS-HORN
n. E20 – the dinner bugle call → army sl.

• GUT-SHOT
adj. 1848 – having been shot in the belly or abdomen → Amer. sl., orig. Western
(nouns usually as ‘gut shot’)
n. 1. 1951 – in poker: a drawn card that completes an inside straight → US sl.
n. 2. 1992 – a bullet wound in the stomach, painful and often fatal → US sl.

• GUTSIE
n. 1900 – a glutton → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GUTSINESS
n. 1890 – courage, energy, spirit

• GUTS IT OUT
vb. 1973 – to endure bravely and tenaciously → Amer. sl.

• GUTSLIDER
n. 2003 – a bodyboarder; term of derision used by surfers → S. Afr. sl.

• GUTS LIKE CALABASH
n. 1991 – extreme courage → Trinidad and Tobago sl.

• GUTSO
n. 1950 – a fat person → sl.

• GUTS OUT
vb. 1973 – to endure bravely and tenaciously → Amer. sl.

• GUT-SPILLER
n. 1940 – a Ghurka soldier → World War II Aust. servicemen’s usage

• GUT-STICK
n. 19C – the penis → Brit. sl.

• GUT-STICKER
n. 19C – a sodomite; a pederast → Brit. & US sl.

• GUT-STRETCHER
n. 1927 – an active pederast → Amer. sl.

• GUT-STRUGGLE
n. 1926 – a dance in which the partners hold each other as close as possible → Amer. sl.

• GUT-STUFFER
n. 1927 – an active pederast → Amer. sl.

• GUTS-UP
adj. 1950 – extremely courageous; fearless → Amer. sl.
vb. 1840 – (usually as ‘guts up’) to eat, to overeat → Aust. sl.

• GUTSY
adj. 1. 1803 – gluttonous → orig. Sc.
adj. 2. 1890 – courageous, brave, spirited, plucky, robust
adj. 3. 1890 – having a fat belly → Amer. sl.
adj. 4. 1890 – energetic and tough → Amer. sl.
adj. 5. ..20C – lusty; passionate → colloq.
adj. 6. 1920 – greedy; very hungry → Royal Air Force usage
adj. 7. 1965 – utterly sincere; deeply felt, esp. used of songs, music → sl.
n.  1596 – a term of abuse, an overweight or obese person; a fat man  → UK derogatory

• GUTTABLE
adj. 1735 – that may be guzzled

• GUTTA-PERCHA
n. 1. ..L19 – an inhabitant of the state of Victoria → Aust. sl.
n. 2. 1920 – the foreskin → US sl.

• GUTTATE
adj. 1826 – in the form of drops

• GUTTATIM
adv. 1694 – drop by drop

• GUTTED
adj. 1. 1820 – impoverished; penniless; temporarily without cash → sl.
adj. 2. 1984 – deeply disappointed; sick and tired; fed up; utterly depressed; very upset → sl.

• GUTTER
n. 1. ..19C – the female genitals → obs. sl.
n. 2. ..L19 – a football scrum → Brit. school usage
n. 3. ..20C – space in front of a race-course totalisator → Aust. sporting sl.
n. 4. 1930 – a vein, esp. a prominent one suitable for drug injection → US sl.
n. 5. 1950 – a dive in which one lands flat on the water → Amer. sl.
vb. 1. ..19C – to eat greedily
vb. 2. 1860 – to fall stomach-flat in the water → sl.

• THE GUTTER
n. 1846 – a wretched and lowly venue → Amer. sl.

• GUTTER ALLEY
n. 1. ..17C – the throat → sl.
n. 2. 1850 – a urinal → obs.

• GUTTER BALL
n. 1993 – in pool: a shot in which the cue ball falls into a pocket → US sl.

• GUTTERBIRD
n. 1. 1896 – a disreputable person
n. 2. 1899 – the sparrow

• GUTTER-BLOOD
adj. 1822 – said of a person who has been brought up in the same neighbourhood, and is of the same rank as another → Sc.
n. 1. 1818 – a base-born person; one of low birth; one of the rabble; a ragged rascal → Sc.
n. 2. 1822 – one born within the same town or city as another; one whose ancestors have been in the same town or city for some generations → Sc.
n. 3. .M19 – a lout, a hoodlum → sl.
n. 4. 1855 – a vulgar man who puts on airs; a parvenu .→ chiefly Sc. colloq. 

• GUTTER BUNNY
n. 1996 – a commuter who bicycles to work → US mountain bikers’ sl.

• GUTTER-CHAUNTER
n. 1840 – a street singer → mainly Cockney usage

• GUTTER-CRAWLER
n. 1920 – a youth who drives a car slowly along by the curb in the expectation that some girl will allow herself to be ‘picked up’ → sl.

• GUTTER-CRAWLING
n. 1. ..E20 – route-marching through streets → army usage
n. 2. 1920 – driving a car slowly along by the curb in the expectation that some girl will allowed herself to be ‘picked up’ → sl.

• GUTTERED
adj. 1950 – very drunk → sl.

• GUTTEREL
adj. 1825 – somewhat gluttonous → Sc.
n. 1824 – a young fat pig → Sc.

• GUTTERER
n. 1900 – an unskilful dirty worker → Sc. (Bk.)

• GUTTER GLITTER
n. 2003 – cocaine → UK drug culture sl.

• GUTTER-GRIPPER
n. 1950 – a motorist who drives with one hand stuck through the open window, gripping the ‘gutter’ that runs around the car’s roof → Aust. sl.

• GUTTER-GRUB
n. 1900 – a person who delights in dirty work; a low person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GUTTER HOTEL
n. 1870 – the open air → UK tramps’ sl.

• GUTTER HYP
n. 1920 – a very low-level narcotics user → drug culture sl.

• GUTTER HYPE
n. 1. 1920 – a very low-level narcotics user → drug culture sl.
n. 2. 1936 – a drug addict reduced by the circumstances of addiction to living in the streets or, at best, using inferior drugs → US sl.

• GUTTER JUNKIE
n. 1. 1920 – a very low-level narcotics user → drug culture sl.
n. 2. 1936 – a drug addict reduced by the circumstances of addiction to living in the streets or, at best, using inferior drugs → US sl.

• GUTTER-KID
n. 1887 – a street urchin → Cockney colloq.

• GUTTER-LANE
n. 1684 – the throat; the gullet → sl. obs.

• GUTTER LANGUAGE
n. 1890 – profanity and obscenity; scabrous speech → Amer. sl.

• GUTTERLING
n. 1846 – a person bred in the gutter; a person of low social status

• GUTTER-MASTER
n. 17C – a term of reproach

• GUTTER MERCHANT
n. 1923 – an itinerant street salesman → sl.

• GUTTERMOUTH
n. 1965 – a tendency to be foul-mouthed; a foul-mouthed person → colloq., chiefly US

• GUTTER PERCHER
n. 20C – the sparrow one sees in towns and cities

• GUTTER-PROWLER
n. 1840 – a street thief; a small-time thief → sl.

• GUTTERPUP
n. 1869 – a vulgar person; a vile wretch → Amer. sl.

• GUTTER-SLUSH
n. 1885 – a street urchin → sl.

• GUTTER SLUT
n. 1. ..20C – a poor prostitute; a common whore → Amer. sl., derogatory
n. 2. 2003 – a sexually promiscuous woman → UK sl.

• GUTTERSNIPE
n. 1. ..19C – a low prostitute; a common whore → colloq.
n. 2. 1856 – a broker who does business chiefly on the sidewalk or in the street, and who is not a member of the Stock Exchange → Amer. sl.
n. 3. 1869 – a gatherer of refuse, as rags and paper, from street gutters
n. 4. 1869 – a vulgar person; a vile wretch → Amer. sl.
n. 5. 1869 – a child brought up ‘in the gutter’; one of the lowest class; an urchin
n. 6. ..L19 – a male servant → UK tramps’ sl., derogatory
n. 7. ..E20 – a common prostitute → US sl.

• GUTTERSNIPING
n. 1928 – playing music on the street and passing the hat for money → Amer. sl.

• GUTTER-SNIPPET
n. 1891 – a child brought up ‘in the gutter’; one of the lowest class; an urchin

• GUTTER WEAR
n. 1988 – fashionably shabby clothing → US sl.

• GUTTERY
adj. 1808 – miry, muddy → Eng. dial.

• GUT THOUGHT
n. 1966 – an idea that comes from feeling or intuition rather than reason → US students’ sl. (Bk.)

• GUT THROUGH
vb. 1930 – to be strong or tough in the face of adversity; to endure bravely and tenaciously → US sl.

• GUT-THUMPER
n. 1980 – an exciting and suspenseful occasion → Amer. sl.

• GUTTIE
n. 1. ..19C – a glutton → colloq.
n. 2. ..19C – a very fat person → colloq.
n. 3. 1890 – in golfing: a gutta-percha ball → golfers’ sl.
n. 4. 1910 – one who has no redeeming features; a street urchin → Irish sl.

• GUTTIES
n. 20C – plimsolls, trainers → Ulster sl.

• GUTTISH
adj. 1567 – gluttonous → obs.

• GUTTLE
n. 1. 1784 – what one consumes gluttonously → obs.
n. 2. ..19C – a drunkard → Brit. sl.
n. 3. 1900 – a glutton → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1. 1654 – to eat or drink voraciously; to gormandize
vb. 2. 1900 – to make a bubbling noise → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GUTTLER
n. 1732 – a glutton, a gormandizer

• GUTTLE-SHOP
n. 1860 – a tuck-shop → Brit. school usage

• GUTTLESOME
adj. 1861 – gluttonous

• GUTTOSE
adj. 1727 – full of drops → obs.

• GUT TRUCK
n. 1983 – a wagon or truck that hauls the carcasses of dead farm stock → Amer. sl.

• GUTTULAR
adj. 1811 – spotted

• GUTTULE
n. 1886 – a small drop

• GUTTULOUS
adj. 1646 – having the form of small drops; occurring in small drops → obs.

• GUTTUR
n. 1562 – the throat

• GUTTURINE
adj. 1692 – pert. to the throat → obs.

• GUT-TWISTER
n. 1927 – a horse that bucks savagely → Amer. Western sl.

• GUTTY
adj. 1. 1607 – corpulent, fat, pot-bellied → chiefly Sc.
adj. 2. 1856 – greedy, fond of good living → Sc.
adj. 3. 1939 – earthy, primitive → jazz sl.
adj. 4. 1939 – forceful and assertive → Amer. sl.
adj. 5. 1942 – courageous, brave, spirited, plucky, robust → Amer. sl.
adj. 6. 1950 – dirty and disagreeable, esp. of a task → sl. 
adj. 7. 1950 – raw, unsophisticated → African-American sl.
adj. 8. 1950 – capable of high speed; having a powerful engine → Amer. hot rodding usage
n. 1. ..19C – a glutton → sl.
n. 2. 1824 – a very fat person → sl.
n. 3. 1890 – in golfing: a gutta-percha ball → golfers’ sl.
n. 4. 1910 – one who has no redeeming features; a street urchin → Irish sl.
n. 5. 1998 – an unpleasant person → Ireland sl.

• GUT-VEXER
n. 1. 1640 – a fiddler → colloq.
n. 2. ..19C – a pederast → Brit. & US sl.

• GUT-WAGON
n. 1925 – a wagon or truck that hauls the carcasses of dead farm stock → Amer. sl.

• GUT-WARMER
n. 1944 – a strong or bracing drink of liquor; whisky → Amer. sl.

• GUT-WINDER
n. 1865 – a bullet wound in the abdomen → Amer. sl.

• GUT-WORKS
n. 1974 – the belly → Amer. sl.

• GUT-WRENCH
n. 1943 – the penis → Amer. jocular usage

• GUT-WRENCHING
adj. 1972 – emotionally shattering; extremely disturbing; highly emotional → Amer. sl.

• GUT-WRENCHINGLY
adv. 1990 – in a gut-wrenching way → Amer. sl.

• GUTZER
int. 1910 – an exclamation of dismissal → Aust.
n. 1. 1905 – a heavy fall; a collision → sl.
n. 2. 1910 – a disappointment; a let-down; a misfortune → Aust. sl.
n. 3. 1910 – a greedy person; a glutton → sl.

• GUV
adj. 1820 – expert → Oxford usage
n. 1. .M19 – one’s father
n. 2. .M19 – a boss; an important, influential person
n. 3. 1890 – an informal style of address to a male of superior status → UK sl.

• GUVNER
n. 1. 1802 – a boss; the person in charge; the most important, influential  person → Brit. sl.
n. 2. 1852 – a term of address to a man of higher status → sl.

• GUVNOR • GUV’NOR
adj. 1970s – the most important → sl.
n. 1. 1802 – the boss; the person in charge; the most important, influential person → Brit. sl.
n. 2. 1827 – father → sl.
n. 3. 1852 – a term of address to a man of higher status → sl.
n. 4. 1999 – the landlord of a public house → UK sl.

• THE GUV’NOR
n. 1950 – the head of a Teddy-boy’s gang → Brit. sl.

• GUY
adj. 1990 – particularly or only of interest to men → US sl.
n. 1. ..E19 – a dark lantern → sl.
n. 2. 1830 – a Christian as opposed to a Jewish crimp → sl.
n. 3. 1823 – a grotesque-looking, ill-dressed, ugly, or ridiculous person, esp. an old man; hence, a person who is an object of ridicule or derision; broadly, a fool → Amer. sl.
n. 4. 1847 – a man or a boy; a general form of address → sl., orig. US
n. 5. .M19 – one who tricked men into joining the navy → sl.
n. 6. 1850 – a person who acts as a decoy in a confidence game; also, a petty swindler → Amer. criminals’ sl.
n. 7. 1854 – a trick or hoax; a prank, a jest, a joke → Amer. sl.
n. 8. 1862 – a comical or joking fellow; hence, a smart alec → Amer. sl.
n. 9. 1878 – in the circus and carnival: a customer, a patron, usually a man → Amer. sl.
n. 10. 1889 – a walk; hence, an expedition or journey → rhyming sl. for ‘Guy Fawkes’, a walk
n. 11. ..L19 – an act of running off, of leaving surreptitiously → sl.
n. 12. ..20C – something to eat; bread → S. Afr. sl.
n. 13. 1918 – an American soldier → military sl.
n. 14. 1927 – a woman; a person of either sex regarded as decent, down-to-earth, good company, etc. → Amer. sl.
n. 15. 1940 – a woman’s boyfriend, fiancé, husband, lover etc. → Amer. sl.
n. 16. 1940 – God → US euphemism
n. 17. 1970 – a person, irrespective of gender → sl.
n. 18. 1978 – an animal; a household pet; a dog → Amer. sl.
n. 19. 1980 – a thing referred to, esp. something one does not know the name of → Amer. sl.
n. 20. 1980 – an incompetent person, one who is inadequate → US students’ sl.
n. 21. 1980 – an object; a thing → US sl.
vb. 1. 1854 – to mock, to ridicule; to taunt; to tease→ Amer. sl.
vb. 2. 1870 – to hiss → obs. theatrical usage
vb. 3. 1890 – to hoax, to trick, to put on → Amer. sl.
vb. 4. 1874 – to run away, to leave quickly, to escape → sl.

• GUY-A-WHACK
adj. 20C – useless, incompetent → Aust. sl.
n. 20C – a defaulting bookmaker → Aust. sl.
vb. L19 – to run off, to leave quickly → Aust. sl.

• GUYED OUT
adj. 1930 – drunk → Amer. circus usage

• GUYESS
n. 2000 – a woman or girl → sl. 

• GUYING
n. 1. 1885 – hissing → theatrical usage
n. 2. 1890 – ridicule → colloq.

• GUY-MAGNET
n. 1996 – a person who is attractive to men; a sexually attractive female → Aust. sl.

• GUYNESS
n. 1990 – maleness; masculinity → Amer. sl.

• GUY OFF
vb. L19 – to run away., to escape → sl.

• GUYOUR
n. 1300 – a person who directs the actions of a person, or the affairs of a household, state. etc. → obs.

• GUY OUT
vb. 19C – in the circus: to make the tents secure by tightening the guy-ropes → circus colloq.

• GUY THING
n. 1992 – a problem or subject best understood by males; something that appeals only to men → US sl.

• THE GUY UPSTAIRS
n. 1925 – God 

• GUYVER
n. 1864 – insincere talk; pretense → Aust. sl.

• GUYVISOME
adj. 1900 – soft, foolish → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GUYVO
n. 20C – a smart fellow; a dandy → Royal Navy usage

• GUY-WATCH
vb. 20C – to sexually ogle males → Aust. sl.

• GUZINTER
n. 1. 1940 – a schoolteacher → Aust. sl.
n. 2. ..20C – a division sum in arithmetic → school usage

• GUZINTERS
n. 1910 – an animals innards → Aust. sl.

• GUZUNDER
n. E20 – a chamber pot → Aust. sl.

• GUZZERY
n. 1890 – a saloon or bar → Amer. sl.

• GUZZLE
n. 1. 1659 – the throat or esophagus  
n. 2. ..L17 – beer
n. 3. ..18C – a drink → Amer. sl.
n. 4. 1704 – liquor  
n. 5. ..E19 – a drinking spree  
n. 6. .M19 – the eating of a meal → sl.
n. 7. 1852 – a fraud → Amer. sl.
n. 8. 1879 – a drink of liquor → Amer. sl.
n. 9. 1906 – the Adam’s apple → Amer. dial.
n. 10. 1920 – a swig, a gulp → sl.
vb. 1. 1579 – to drink alcohol in great quantities  
vb. 2. ..17C – to eat voraciously → sl.
vb. 3. ..L18 – to lie → sl.
vb. 4. 1848 – to swindle → Amer. sl.
vb. 5. 1885 – to seize by the throat, esp. with an armlock; to strangle; to choke violently; to throttle; broadly, to murder → Amer. sl.
vb. 6. 1901 – to kill deliberately → sl.
vb. 7. 1930 – to indulge in sexual foreplay; to ‘neck’ → sl.
vb. 8. 1936 – to arrest, to interrogate → UK & Amer. criminals’ sl.

• GUZZLE-AND-GRAB
n. 1951 – eating and drinking, with an emphasis on fast, low-brow food and alcohol → US sl.

• GUZZLE-BERRY
n. 1900 – a gooseberry → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GUZZLE CRIB
n. L19 – a cheap saloon or bar → US sl.

• GUZZLED
adj. 1. 1920 – killed → US sl.
adj. 2. 1936 – arrested → Amer. criminal’s sl.
adj. 3. 1939 – drunk → Amer. sl.

• GUZZLE-GUTS
n. 1. 1788 – a heavy drinker; a drunkard → sl.
n. 2. 1959 – a glutton; a greedy person

• GUZZLER
n. 1. ..L18 – a heavy drinker of alcohol; ; a drunkard; a voracious eater → sl.
n. 2. ..L19 – one who strangles or throttles; a murderer → sl.
n. 3. 1920 – an insignificant person → US sl.
n. 4. 1928 – a man who has lost all decently and is beyond all redemption → Amer. criminals’ sl.
n. 5. 1972 – a strangle-hold, esp. in wrestling → Amer. sl.

• GUZZLERY
n. 1890 – a cheap saloon or bar → Amer. sl.

• GUZZLE SHOP
n. 1890 – cheap saloon or bar → Amer. sl.

• GUZZLE THE GRASS
vb. 1980 – to vomit → Aust. sl.

• GUZZLING
adj. .M17 – drinking heavily  
n. 1930 – kissing and cuddling → sl.

• G.V.
n. 1900 – a governor → sl.

• GWA • GWAAI • GWAI
n. 1978 – tobacco; a cigarette → S. Afr. sl.

• GWAAN!
int. 20C – a term of encouragement or appreciation; i.e. go ahead! get going! → W. Indies & Black British teen sl.

• GWAFFED
adj. 2003 – drug-intoxicated → S. Afr. sl.

• GWARR
n. 2004 – the vagina → S. Afr. sl.

• GWARRY
n. 2004 – the vagina → S. Afr. sl.

• GWAT
n. 2004 – the vagina → S. Afr. sl.

• GWEEB
n. 1984 – a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student → Amer. students’ sl.

• GWEEBO
n. 1986 – a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student → Amer. students’ sl.

• GWEEK-GWAK
n. 1900 – the noise or squeak of boots → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GWEEP
n. 1. 1982 – a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student → Amer. students’ sl.
n. 2. 1990 – an overworked computer programmer → US sl.

• GWENDERS
n. 1816 – a disagreeable tingling sensation in the extremities, caused by cold; numbness of the fingers or toes → Eng. dial. (Cornwall) [in some parts of Cornwall it is pronounced ‘wonders’]

• GWENNIE • GWENNY
n. 1. 1918 – the gunner → Royal Navy usage
n. 2. 1945 – a high-angle, anti-aircraft gun on board ship → Royal Navy usage
n. 3. 1945 – in World War II: any gun → Royal Navy usage

• GWERIAN
n. 1900 – a silly person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• GWEVA
n. 1960 – a bootlegger → S. Afr.

• G-WHEEL
n. 1990 – in a carnival: a game wheel that has been rigged for cheating (the ‘G’ is for ‘gaffed’ (rigged)) → US sl.

• GWICK
vb. 1900 – to move the mouth in the act of swallowing → Sc. (Bk.)

• GWIDGY-GWEE
n. 1895 – a small black spot caused by a pinch or bruise → Eng. dial.

• GWILL
vb. 1691 – to dazzle the eyes → Eng. dial.

• G-WOMAN
n. 1984 – a woman who is an FBI agent → Amer. sl.

• GYAC
phr. 1. 2003 – Give You A Clue (pronounced as if retching) UK sl.
phr. 2. 2003 – God You’re A Cunt (pronounced as if retching) → UK sl.

• GYAFF
n. 1975 – idle chat, gossip; a chat, a piece of gossip → Guyana
vb. 1976 – to chat; to gossip → Caribbean

• GYAL
n. 1994 – a girl; girls → sl.

• GYBE
n. 1560 – a written paper, esp. a counterfeit pass or license, carried by many of the mendicant villains → UK criminals’ sl.
vb. L17 – to whip; to beat; to castigate → sl.

• GYBED
adj. L17 – whipped → sl.

• GYBERY
n. L17 – mockery; jeering → sl.

• GYBING
n. L17 – mockery; jeering → sl.

• GYBS
n. L19 – prayers → sl.

• GYGER
n. 1567 – a door → cant

• GYKE
n. 1950 – a gynaecologist → sl.

• GYLRIG
n. 1. 1950 – a desirable person → UK back-slang of ‘girl’ or ‘girly’ 
n. 2. 1950 – sexual activity → UK sl.

• GYM
n. 1866 – a gymnasium → Amer. colloq.
vb. 1930 – to travel or to gain admission to, usually a racecourse, without paying the full charge → UK criminals’ sl.

• GYM BUNNY
n. 2001 – someone who makes regular use of a gymnasium → UK sl.

• GYM CAD
n. 1870 – a gymnasium instructor → Royal Military Academy usage obs.

• GYMHEAD
n. 2002 – someone who exercises obsessively and therefore spends a great deal of time in a gymnasium → UK sl.

• GYM JUNKIE
n. 20C – a person who visits the gym an inordinate amount → Aust. sl.

• GYMMY
n. M19 – gymnastics → Brit. schoolboys’ sl.

• GYMNASIARCH
n. 1825 – a leader among athletes

• GYMNASIUM
n. 17C – the female genitals; the vagina → sl.

• GYMNASTICAL
adj. 1581– connected with athletic exercises of the body

• GYM NASTY TRICKS
n. 20C – gymnastics → Brit. schoolboys’ sl.

• GYMNIC
adj. 1601 – connected with athletic exercises of the body

• GYMNICAL
adj. 1576 – connected with athletic exercises of the body

• GYMNOMANIA
n. 1991 – a mania for nakedness (Bk.)

• GYMNOPHOBIA
n. 1991 – an abnormal fear of nudity (Bk.)

• GYM QUEEN
n. 1994 – a man who spends a great deal of time at a gym → Amer. sl.

• GYM RAT
n. 1978 – an athlete; a sports enthusiast; a person who frequents gymnasiums; an exercise fanatic; anyone fanatically pursuing a course of activity, a career, etc. → Amer. sl.

• GYMSLIP TRAINING
n. 2003 – the process of instructing, and conditioning the behaviour of a transvestite who wishes to be treated as an adolescent girl, esp. when used in a dominant prostitute’s advertising manner → UK sl.

• GYNAE
n. 1. 1933 – gynaecology → sl.
n. 2. 1933 – a gynaecologist → sl.

• GYNAECIAN • GYNECIAN
adj. 1640 – relating to women

• GYNAECOCRACY
n. 1611 – rule by women

• GYNAECOLATRY
n. 1991 – the worship of women (Bk.)

• GYNARCHY
n. 1587 – government by a woman or women

• GYNDAGOOSTER
n. 1899 – a storm → Sc.

• GYNECOCRACY
n. 1991 – rule by women (Bk.)

• GYNECOLATER
n. 1991 – a worshipper of women (Bk.)

• GYNECOLATRY
n. 1991 – the worship of women (Bk.)

• GYNECOMANIA
n. 1991 – an abnormal sexual desire for women (Bk.)

• GYNEOCRACY
n. 1611 – government by a woman or women

• GYNEOLATRY
n. 1991 – the worship of women (Bk.)

• GYNEPHOBIA
n. 1886 – an abnormal fear or hatred of women

• GYNIE
n. 1. 1933 – gynaecology; a gynaecologist → sl.
n. 2. 1995 – a gynaecological examination → UK sl.

• GYNIOLATRY
n. 1876 – adoration of or excessive devotion to women

• GYNO
n. 1933 – gynaecology; a gynaecologist → sl.

• GYNOCRACY
n. 1728 – women as the ruling class

• GYNOPHAGITE
n. 1853 – a woman-eater; one who preys upon the weaker sex → humorous usage

• GYNOPHILIAN
adj. 1647 – woman-loving → obs.

• GYNOPHILOUS
adj. 1623 – woman-loving → obs.

• GYNOPHOBIA
n. 1886 – fear of women

• GYNO SHOT
n. 1995 – a close-up scene in a pornographic film or a photograph, showing a woman’s genitals → US sl.

• GYP
adj. 1920 – cheating, deceitful → sl.
n. 1. 1750 – a college servant → Cambridge University usage
n. 2. 1840 – a Gypsy → usually offensive
n. 3. 1859 – a thief or a swindler; one who charges an exorbitant price for goods or services; a cheat; a crook → sl., orig. criminals’ usage, sometimes offensive
n. 4. 1910 – pain, actual or figurative → UK sl.
n. 5. 1914 – an act or method of swindling; a swindle or fraud; an act of deception; a hoax; a purchase made at an exorbitant price or the item so purchased; broadly, an unfair action; a bitter disappointment → Amer. sl.
n. 6. 1914 – the victim of a swindle → Amer. sl.
n. 7. 1930 – a cabdriver who does not start the meter, hence, can pocket the fare → Amer. sl.
n. 8. 1930 – one who fails to pay his due debts → sl.
n. 9. 1938 – in horse racing: a small-scale usually migratory stable owner who trains and races his own horses → Amer. sl.
n. 10. 1946 – an Egyptian → Amer. military sl., usually offensive, often used contemptuously
n. 11. 1954 – in oil drilling: gypsum → US sl.
vb. 1. 1880 – to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one’s debts → Amer. colloq.
vb. 2. 1918 – to steal, to filch; to rob from → Amer. sl.
vb. 3. 1928 – to disappoint → Amer. sl.
vb. 4. 1970 – to play truant from school → sl.

• GYPE
adj. 1. ..L19 – looking like a boxer or a boxer’s clothes, etc. → tailors’ usage
adj. 2. 1900 – hungry, voracious → Sc. (Bk.)
adj. 3. 1900 – keen, ardent, eager in any operation → Sc. (Bk.)
n. 1. 1662 – a glutton; a greedy or avaricious person → Sc. & Ireland obs.
n. 2. 1825 – a fool, a lout; an awkward, stupid fellow → Sc.
n. 3. 1825 – a fool, an idiot → Sc. & Ireland
n. 4. 1850 – a foolish stare → Sc.
vb. 1. 1852 – to play the fool, to mess around → Sc. & Ireland
vb. 2. 1852 – to stare foolishly → Sc.

• GYPERY
n. 1832 – foolish or silly behaviour; nonsense → Sc. & Ireland

• GYP FLAT
n. 1927 – a business establishment that makes a practice of fleecing customers; a club, bar, etc. where the unwary will be swindled → Amer. sl.

• GYP ARTIST
n. 1889 – a short-changer or other swindler; a cheat; a crook → Amer. sl.

• GYPICAL-LIKE
adj. 1852 – like a fool → Sc.

• GYPISH
adj. 1900 – miserly → Sc. (Bk.)

• GYP JOINT
n. 1. 1927 – a business establishment that makes a practice of fleecing customers; any business place that overcharges; a club, bar, etc. where the unwary will be swindled → US sl.
n. 2. 1942 – a ship’s store → Amer. navy sl.

• GYP MOLL
n. 20C – a female swindler → US sl.

• GYPO
adj. 1910 – Egyptian; pert. to a gypsy or gypsy culture → sl.
n. 1. ..L19 – a gypsy → UK sl., derogatory, casually racist
n. 2. ..L19 – a native Egyptian soldier; an Egyptian → sl., usually derogatory
n. 3. 1914 – any greasy gravy or sauce → sl., chiefly services’ usage
n. 4. 1920 – contract work, a sub-contractor, a piece-worker → US sl.
n. 5. 1990 – an impoverished, badly dressed schoolchild → UK juvenile sl.

• GYPO-BASHING
n. 2000 – racially motivated physical attacks on gypsies → UK sl.  

• GYPOO
n. 1914 – any greasy gravy or sauce → sl., chiefly services’ usage

• GYPPER
n. L19 – a gypsy → UK sl., derogatory, casually racist

• GYPPERY
n. 20C US sl. – dishonest activity, swindling  

• GYPPIE
n. 1. 1889 – a native Egyptian soldier → sl., usually derogatory
n. 2. 1913 – a gypsy → sl.
n. 3. 1920 – an Egyptian cigarette → sl.

• GYPPO
adj. 1. 1910 – Egyptian; pert. to a gypsy or gypsy culture → sl.
adj. 2. 1959 – small-time → Can. sl.
n. 1. ..L19 – a gypsy → UK sl., usually derogatory
n. 2. 1912 – a small logging or freighting contractor → Amer. logging usage
n. 3. 1914 – any greasy gravy or sauce → sl., chiefly services’ usage
n. 4. 1916 – a native Egyptian soldier; an Egyptian → sl., usually derogatory
n. 5. 1920 – an itinerant worker or piece-worker → Amer. sl.
n. 6. 1929 – contract work done usually on a small scale; part-time work → Amer. logging usage
n. 7. 1978 – an avoidance or shirking of a duty; a shirker → S. Afr. sl.. orig. military usage
n. 8. 1990 – an impoverished, badly dressed schoolchild → UK juvenile sl.
vb. 1. 1925 – to cheat, to swindle; to exploit for one’s labour → Amer. sl.
vb. 2. 1971 – to dodge an unpleasant responsibility; to shirk a duty; to avoid something → S. Afr. sl.. orig. military usage

• GYPPO GUT
n. 1940 – stomach troubles; diarrhoea; orig., that contracted in Egypt, but now extended to any such problems that tourists experience abroad or in ethnic restaurants at home → sl.

• GYPPO’S DOG
n. 2001 – a standard of skinniness → UK sl.

• GYPPO TUMMY
n. 1944 – traveller’s diarrhoea contracted in Egypt or elsewhere → Amer. military sl.

• GYPPY
adj. 1. 1893 – relating to a native or inhabitant of Egypt → obs.
adj. 2. 1974 – of a person: affected by nausea or diarrhoea; unwell
adj. 3. 2000 – painful; annoying → UK sl.
n. 1. 1889 – a native Egyptian soldier; an Egyptian → sl., usually derogatory
n. 2. ..L19 – a gypsy → sl., usually derogatory
n. 3. 1920 – an Egyptian cigarette → sl.
n. 4. 1920 – contract work, a sub-contractor, a piece-worker → US sl.
n. 5. 1965 – traveller’s diarrhoea contracted in Egypt or elsewhere → Amer. military sl.
n. 6. 1990 – an impoverished, badly dressed schoolchild → UK juvenile sl.  

• GYPPY TUMMY
n. 1943 – upset stomach; diarrhoea; orig., that contracted in Egypt, but now extended to any such problems that tourists experience abroad or in ethnic restaurants at home → sl.

• GYP RACKET
n. 20C – swindling, fraud → US sl.

• GYP-ROOM
n. 1870 – a room where the ‘gyps’ (college servants) keep table furniture, etc. → Cambridge usage

• GYP SHEET
n. 1971 – a sheet of paper on which examination answers are written, used by a student to cheat on a test → Amer. college sl.

• GYPSIAN
adj. 1632 – characteristic of Gypsies

• GYPSIE LEE
n. 1930 – tea → Aust. rhyming sl.

• GYPSIETY
n. 1774 – a being a Gypsy → obs.

• GYPSTER
n. 1889 – a swindler, a cheat; a crook → Amer. sl.

• GYPSY
adj. 1. 1951 – unlicensed, unregulated, usually owned by the operator; independent of any organization, legal or otherwise; generally applied to a taxicab or truck, although originally to a racehorse owner/jockey → US sl.
adj. 2. 1972 – interfering, meddling, nosy, officious, irritatingly inquisitive → W. Indies sl.
n. 1. 1939 – in horse racing: a small-scale usually migratory stable owner who trains and races his own horses → US sl.
n. 2. 1940 – a taxicab operating without a taxi license or medallion, or with only a livery license that does not enable it to pick up passengers on the street → US sl.
n. 3. 1950 – an independent cab-driver → US sl.
n. 4. 1946 – in trucking: an independent migratory trucker who owns and operates usually only a single tractor-trailer; hence, a truck so operated → US sl.
n. 5. 1950 – a prostitute who travels around for trade or lives in a trailer park → US sl.
n. 6. 1978 – in the theatre: a chorus dancer; a stage dancer → US sl.
n. 7. 1981 – in the circus and carnivals: an undependable employee, esp. a drunk → US sl.
vb. 1. 1880 – to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one’s debts → Amer. colloq.
vb. 2. 1918 – to steal, to filch; to rob from → Amer. sl.
vb. 3. 1928 – to disappoint → Amer. sl.
vb. 4. 1940 – to make a risky bet or call → US gambling sl.
vb. 5. 1970 – to assign a police officer to duty far away from his usual assignment, usually as a method of punishment → Amer. police sl.
vb. 6. 1970 – to play truant from school → sl.

• GYPSY BANKROLL
n. 1981 –  a roll of money in which the top several notes are real large-denomination notes and the rest are counterfeit, plain paper, or small-denomination notes → US sl.

• GYPSY CAB
n. 1970 – a taxicab operating without a taxi license or medallion, or with only a livery license that does not enable it to pick up passengers on the street → Amer. sl.

• GYPSY QUEEN
n. 2000 – a homosexual → sl.

• GYPSY’S
n. 1972 – urination → rhyming sl. for ‘piss’ ( Gypsy’s Kiss)

• GYPSY’S DEAL
n. 1990 – a business deal that never actually materializes → US sl.

• GYPSY’S GINGER
n. 20C – a pile of human excrement found out of doors → sl.

• GYPSY’S KISS
n. 1970 – urination → rhyming sl. for ‘piss’

• GYPSY’S LEAVE
n. 20C – departure without warning and without settling one’s debts → sl.

• GYPSY’S WARNING
n. 1. 20C – morning; also as ‘good morning’ → rhyming sl.
n. 2. 20C – no warning at all → sl.

• GYPSY SWITCH
n. 1950 – a form of criminal sleight of hand in which a high-denomination note is palmed and swapped for a low-denomination one → US criminals’ sl. 

• GYPTIAN
n. 1533 – an Egyptian → obs.

• GYRAL
adj. 1828 – moving in a circle or spiral; whirling

• GYRANT
adj. 1844 – having a circular or spiral course

• GYRE
n. 1. 1566 – a turning round, revolution, whirl; a circular or spiral turn → poetic & literary usage
n. 2. 1590 – a ring, a circle, a spiral → poetic & literary usage
n. 3. 1612 – a trance → obs.
vb. 1. 1420 – to turn or whirl round → poetic usage
vb. 2. 1420 – to revolve round → obs.
vb. 3. 1598 – to turn round, to revolve, to whirl, to gyrate

• GYRE-CARLINE
n. 1535 – a witch, a hag; the mother-witch → Sc.

• GYREFUL
adj. 1. 1566 – full of ‘gyres’ or turns; circling, whirling → obs.
adj. 2. 1900 – fretful, ill-humoured, discontented → Sc. (Bk.)

• GYRENE
n. 1894 – a member of the US Marine Corps’ a marine → Amer. sl., orig. Navy usage

• GYRO
n. 1991 – a surfer who constantly flaps his arms to gain balance on the surfboard → US sl.

• GYROMANCY
n. 1557 – divination involving walking in a circle till the person fell down from dizziness

• GYROTWISTIVE
adj. 1869 – full of tricks and evasions → Amer. sl.

• GYROUS
adj. 1688 – circular, spiral

• GYROVAGUE
n. 1801 – a monk who was in the habit of wandering from monastery to monastery → rare

• GYRO WANKER
n. 1991 – a surfer who constantly flaps his arms to gain balance on the surfboard → US sl.

• GYTCH
vb. 1956 – to steal → Amer. sl.

• GYTE
adj. 1725 – mad , out of one’s senses → Sc.
n. 1. 1820 – a child → Sc., derogatory
n. 2. 1880 – a first-year pupil at the Edinburgh High School → Sc.

• GYVE
n. 1938 – marijuana; a marijuana cigarette → US sl.

• GYVEL
n. 18C – the female genitals → Sc. obs.

• GYVER
n. 1864 – affected behaviour or speech → sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ 

• GYVO
n. 1935 – humbug; flattery; insincerity, pretense; deceptive talk or behaviour → Aust. sl.