• H
int. 20C euphemism – hell!
n. 1. 1861 sl., orig. US – hell
n. 2. 1926 Amer. sl. – heroin
n. 3. 1950s sl. – a hypodermic syringe
n. 4. 1980s US drug culture sl. – hashish
• THE H.
n. 1. 1920s drug culture sl. – heroin
n. 2. 1998 US sl. – Houston, Texas
• H-17
n. 1996 US sl. – in casino blackjack gambling: a rule that the dealer must draw a card if he has a 17 made with an ace counting 11 points (H= hit)
• H8
vb. 2002 UK sl. – in text messaging: to hate
• HA
int. a1300 – an exclamation expressing surprise, wonder, joy, indignation, etc
n. 1. 1721 Sc. obs. – a farmhouse, the main dwelling of a farm; a house, esp. on a farm, occupied by the farmed himself as opposed to the cottar houses
n. 2. 1737 Sc. – the principal room of a house; the parlour where the master and his family sat apart from the servants; also, the kitchen or living-room of a farmhouse where the family and the servants sat together
n. 3. 1970s US college sl. – beer
• HAAF
adj. 1793 – pert. to or employed in the haaf or deep-sea fishing
n. 1775 – in Shetland and Orkney: the deep or main sea; now used only in connection with deep-sea fishing; hence, the part of the deep-sea frequented by fishermen; deep-sea fishing ground or station
• HAAFMAN
n. 1899 Sc. – a deep-sea fisherman
• HAAK
vb. 1785 Eng. dial. – to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak
• HAAR
n. 1. 1671 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a wet mist or fog; esp. applied on the east coast of England and Scotland, from Lincolnshire northwards, to a cold sea-fog
n. 2. 1777 Sc. – a cold, easterly wind
n. 3. 1783 Sc. – an impediment in speech
n. 4. 1857 Sc. – hoar-frost
• HAARY
adj. 1. 1818 Sc. – misty, foggy
adj. 2. 1822 Sc. – of wind: cold, piercing
• HAAYEZ
n. 1929 Sc. – a term of contempt for a worthless person or thing
• HAB
n. 1. 20C Can., derogatory – a share-cropper; a tenant farmer
n. 2. 1963 US sl. – a habitual criminal
• HA-BA
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a roar of laughter; a shout; a blatant cry
• HABA-HABA!
int. 1944 US sl. – an exclamation of delight or exultation
• HABBEN
n. a1861 Sc. gypsy cant – bread; hence, corn or food
• HABBER
n. 1. 1804 Sc. obs. – a snarl or growl; the act of snarling or growling like a dog
n. 2. 1866 Sc. – one who stammers, stutters or speaks thickly; hence, a stupid person
n. 3. 1920 Sc. – a stammer, a stutter
vb. 1. 1808 Sc. – to stammer, to stutter; to talk continuously and boringly
vb. 2. 1903 Sc. – to snarl; to growl; to make an inarticulate sound; to gobble, as of turkeys
• HABBERCOCK
n. 1930 Sc. – a source of annoyance
• HABBERER
n. 1913 Sc. – a stammerer; a chatterbox, a talkative person
• HABBER-GALYO
n. 1929 Sc. – an uproar, confusion, turmoil
• HABBERGAW
n. 1808 Sc. – hesitation, suspense, objection
vb. 1900 Sc. – to stumble or hesitate in reading; to make objections
• HABBER-GLABBER
adj. 1929 Sc. – rash, impetuous, extremely impulsive and headstrong in behaviour
• HABBERJOCK
n. 1. 1866 Sc. – a big stupid person who speaks thickly and hurriedly
n. 2. 1866 Sc. – a turkey-cock
• HABBIE
adj. 1808 Sc. – stiff in motion
• HABBIE-GABBIE
vb. Bk1905 Sc. – to throw money, etc. into a crowd to be scrambled for
• HABBLE
n. 1. 1795 Sc. – confusion, tumult, uproar, disturbance, hubbub
n. 2. 1797 Sc. – a difficulty, a state of muddle or perplexity; a quandary; a tangle
n. 3. 1808 Sc. – the act of snapping
n. 4. 1818 Sc. – a quarrel, a squabble, a fight
n. 5. 1818 Sc. – a mob
n. 6. 1821 Sc. – a lout, a coarse or uncouth person; one who is awkward, slow-moving, or slovenly in dress, appearance or habits
n. 7. 1894 Sc. – a convulsive gulp, a gobble
vb. 1. 1806 Sc. – to stutter, to talk confusedly; to repeat something in a stammering or confused way; to gabble, to talk fast
vb. 2. 1788 Sc. – to move unsteadily, to hobble, to limp about
vb. 3. 1808 Sc. – to quarrel, to wrangle
vb. 4. 1808 Sc. – to snap at anything like a dog; to make a growling noise when eating voraciously
vb. 5. 1825 Sc. – to confuse, to perplex, to nonplus, to embarrass, to impede, to hamper or foil in the performance of anything
vb. 6. 1923 Sc. – to tangle thread, etc.
• HABBLE-GABBLE
n. 1956 Sc. – a tumult, an uproar
• HABBLE-HOBBLE
n. 1900 Sc. – a tumult, an uproar
• HABBLE-JOCK
n. 1875 Sc. – a turkey-cock
• HABBLER
n. 1880 Sc. – one who causes or delights in a squabble; a quarrelsome person
• HABBLE-TREE
n. 1826 Sc. – a lumpish, awkward person
• HABBOCRAWS!
int. 1824 Sc. – a shout used to frighten crows from a cornfield accompanied by the waving of the arms and headgear
• HABBY
adj. 1808 Sc. – stiff in motion
• HABDABS
n. 1. c1937 sl., chiefly Royal Air Force – nervous irritation
n. 2. 1940s sl. – empty chatter, nonsense
• THE HABDABS
n. 1946 UK sl. – a condition of anxiety; uneasiness, nervousness; also, but rarely, delirium tremens or a state of enraged frustration
• HABEN
n. a1861 Sc. gypsy cant – bread; hence, corn or food
• HABERANCE
n. 1552 obs. – abearance, behaviour
• HABERDASH
n. 1419 obs. – petty merchandise, small wares
vb. 1635 obs. – to deal in haberdashery or small wares
• HABERDASHER
n. 1. 1566 obs. – formerly, a dealer in a variety of articles now dealt with by other trades, including caps, and probably hats; a dealer of hats and caps, a hatter
n. 2. 1592 – one who deals with something; one who engages in an activity or occupation
n. 3. 1611 – a dealer in small articles or trimmings appertaining to dress, as thread, tape, ribbons, etc.
• HABERDASHERESS
n. 1702 – a female haberdasher of small wares
• HABERDASHER OF NOUNS AND PRONOUNS
n. L17 sl. – a schoolmaster; a tutor
• HABERDASHER OF PRONOUNS
n. L17 sl. – a schoolmaster; a tutor
• HABERDASHERY
n. 1. 1419 – the goods and wares sold by a haberdasher
n. 2. 1813 – the shop or establishment of a haberdasher
• HABILABLE
adj. 1831 rare – capable of being clothed
► HABILATORY adj. pertaining to clothing or garments; having reference to dressing; wearing clothes → 1828
• HABILE
adj. 1. c1425 obs., chiefly Sc. – fitted, suited; fit, suitable; competent to do something
adj. 2. 1485 – having general readiness; handy, ready; skilful, deft, adroit, dexterous
adj. 3. 1558 obs. – having the capacity or power to do a thing
adj. 4. 1741 obs. – manageable, handy
• HABILIMENT
n. 1. 1470-85 – outfit, accoutrement, equipment, array, attire, dress (now only of personal attire)
n. 2. 1633 obs. – mental equipment or qualification; capacity
• HABILIMENTAL
adj. 1837 – relating to attire
• HABILIMENTARY
adj. 1845 – dealing with habiliments
• HABILIMENTED
adj. 1607 – equipped, arrayed, apparelled, dressed
• HABILIMENTS
n. 1. 1422 obs. – munitions, appliances, implements, or apparatus of war; weapons, warlike stores, etc. (the ‘h’ in this sense was commonly omitted)
n. 2. 1483 obs. – fittings, apparatus, furniture, gear, outfit, rigging, as of a ship
n. 3. c1489 obs. – personal accoutrements for war; armour, warlike apparel ; also, the trappings of a horse
n. 4. 1491 – the apparel, vestments, or garments appropriate to any office or occasion; also applied jocularly or grandiloquently to ordinary clothes
n. 5. c1530 obs. – anything worn as an ornament
n. 6. 1585 obs. – abilities, faculties, powers of mind
• HABILITATE
adj. 1622 obs. – endowed with ability; rendered able; capacitated, qualified
vb. 1. 1604 obs. – to endow with ability or capacity; to capacitate, to qualify
vb. 2. 1824 – to furnish with means, esp. with the working of a mine
vb. 3. 1881 – to qualify oneself for office; to qualify as a teacher in a German University
vb. 4. 1885 obs. – to clothe, to dress
• HABILITATION
n. 1612 – the act of enabling or endowing with ability or fitness; capacitation, qualification
• HABILITY
n. 1. 1430-1678 obs. – ability
n. 2. 1840 rare – the quality of being habile; deftness; readiness; easy familiarity
• HABILLE
vb. 1. 1430-40 obs. – to fit, to adapt
vb. 2. a1450 obs. – to fit out; to accoutre, to array, to attire, esp. for war; to apparel, dress
vb. 3. 1530 obs. – to make or pronounce competent; to enable, to qualify
• HABILY
adv. 1737 Sc. obs. – competently, properly
• HABISHIEHAW
vb. c1840 Sc. – to throw sweets in the air for children to pick up
• HABIT
n. 1. a1225 arch. – bodily apparel or attire; clothing, dress
n. 2. c1290 – the dress or attire characteristic of a particular rank, degree, profession, or function; the dress of a religious order
n. 3. 1413 obs. – bearing, demeanour, deportment, behaviour; posture
n. 4. 1603 obs. rare – habitation, abode
n. 5. 1652 obs. – the outer part, surface, or external appearance of the body
n. 6. 1724 arch. – a garment; a gown or robe
n. 7. 1881 drug culture sl. – a drug addiction
n. 8. 1920s drug culture sl. – withdrawal symptoms
n. 9. 20C sl. – any addiction
vb. 1. ?a1366 obs. – to dwell, to abide, to reside, to sojourn
vb. 2. 1588 – to dress, to clothe, to attire
vb. 3. 1598 arch. – to dwell in, to inhabit
vb. 4. 1615 obs. – to accustom, to familiarize, to habituate
• HABITABILITY
n. 1714 – the quality or fact of being habitable
• HABITACLE
n. 1. 1300 – a dwelling-place, habitation → obs.
n. 2. 1384 – a canopied niche in the wall of a building → obs.
• HABITACULE
n. 1374 – a dwelling place, habitation, residence → obs.
• HABITANCE
n. 1590 – a dwelling-place, habitation → obs.
• HABITANCY
n. 1. 1792 – residence as an inhabitant; inhabitance
n. 2. 1832-3 – a body or mass of inhabitants collectively
n. 3. 1837 – inhabitedness, populousness → rare
• HABITANT
n. 1856 Amer. dial. – a yeoman farmer of French origin; hence, a person of French origin, esp. one who is poor or lower-class → Amer. dial.
• HABITATE
vb. 1. 1621 obs. – to habituate
vb. 2. 1866 rare – to dwell
• HABITATIVE
adj. 1888 rare – pert. to habitation or occupancy by inhabitants
• HABITATIVITY
n. 1886 rare – the instinct which attaches a person to his own special country or manner of living
• HABITATOR
n. 1646 obs. rare – a dweller, resident, inhabiter
• HABITCH
n. 1956 Amer. legal usage – a habitual criminal
• HABITED
adj. 1. 1605 obs. exc. Sc. – that has become habitual; commonly practised; accustomed
adj. 2. 1615 obs. – familiarized, accustomed, practised, used to
adj. 3. 1807 – clothed, dressed
adj. 4. 1866 arch. – dwelt in, inhabited
• HABITION
n. 1502 obs. rare – ? holding, having; or living, cohabiting
• HABITLESS
adj. 1835 Sc. – uninhabited
• HABITS
n. 1. a1420 arch. – a set or suit of clothes
n. 2. c1477 – clothes, garments
• HABITUAL
n. 1884 colloq. – a habitual criminal, drunkard, etc.
• THE HABITUAL
n. 1972 US sl. – a criminal charge alleging habitual criminal status
• HABITUALIZE
vb. 1768-74 – to render habitual
• HABITUARY
adj. 1627 obs. rare – of the nature of a habit; fixed by habit; existing as a settled practice; constantly repeated; habitual, customary
• HABITUATE
adj. 1526 obs. – made or become habitual; formed into a habit
vb. 1603 obs. – to settle as inhabitant in a place
• HABITUATION
n. c1449 obs. – the act of becoming habitual; formation of habit
• HABITUDE
n. 1. 1612 obs. – familiar relation or acquaintance; familiarity, intimacy; association
n. 2. 1676 obs. rare – a person with whom one is familiar; an associate, an acquaintance
• HABITUOUS
adj. 1633 obs. rare – belonging to the ‘habit’ or mental constitution; native
• HABITURE
n. 1599 obs. rare – habitude; customary or habitual mode of behaviour
• HA-BLOODY-HA!
int. c1950 – a jeering mock-laugh to expose the feebleness of supposedly sarcastic or apt rejoinder, or impossible request
• HAB NAB
adv. 1580 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – get or lose, hit or miss, succeed or fail; however it may turn out, anyhow; at a venture, at random
• HAB-NABS
adv. M16 – at random, hit or miss
• HAB OR NAB
adv. 1542 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – get or lose, hit or miss, succeed or fail; however it may turn out, anyhow; at a venture, at random
vb. 1546 obs. – to have or not have
• HABRA DABRA AND THE CREW
n. 1965 Barbados – any random representatives of the populace; ‘Tom, Dick, and Harry’
• HABROMANIA
n. 1854 – a kind of insanity in which the delusions are of a cheerful or gay character
• HABS
n. 1873 Sc. – clothes, garments
• HABS-DABS
n. c1937 sl., chiefly Royal Air Force – nervous irritation
• HABS-NABS
adv. c1540 – at random, hit or miss
• HABULIMENT
n. 1773 – habiliment, dress, attire; military equipment (Sc. obs.)
• HABULZIEMENT
n. 1822 – habiliment, dress, attire; military equipment (Sc. obs.)
• HACHE
n. 1. a1300 – an axe, a hatchet (obs.)
n. 2. 1955 – heroin (US sl.)
• HACHEE
n. c1430 – pain, pang, torment (obs.)
• HACHI
n. 1954 – the penis (US sl., orig. military usage)
• HACK
adj. 1781 – in common or promiscuous use; hackneyed; trite, commonplace
n. 1. 1658 – a cover of a beehive (obs.)
n. 2. 1660 – hesitation in speech
n. 3. 1687 – the driver of a hackney carriage (obs.)
n. 4. a1700 – a person whose services may be hired for any kind of work required of him; a common drudge; a literary drudge who hires himself out to do any and every kind of literary work; hence, a poor writer, a mere scribbler
n. 5. 1704 – a vehicle plying for hire; a hackney coach or carriage
n. 6. 1711 – anything that is in indiscriminate and everyday use, and is ‘hackneyed’ or deprived of novelty and interest by such use; a hackneyed sermon, book, quotation, etc. (obs.)
n. 7. 1721 – a horse let out for hire; a sorry or worn out horse
n. 8. 1767 – a blaze or white marking on the face of a horse (Sc. obs.)
n. 9. 1798 – a horse for ordinary riding, as distinguished from cross-country, military, etc.; a saddle-horse for the road
n. 10. 1730-6 – a prostitute; a bawd (sl.)
n. 11. 1808 – a crack or chap in the skin, generally caused by exposure to cold, wet, or frost (Sc.)
n. 12. 1810 – a journalist; a reporter; formerly derogatory (UK sl.)
n. 13. 1811 – in curling: a cut made in the ice to keep the player’s foot from slipping when delivering the stone (Sc.)
n. 14. 1824 – a wild rocky stretch of moorland or moss (Sc.)
n. 15. 1835 – a state of embarrassment, confusion or defeat (Amer. dial.)
n. 16. 1836 – an attempt, a try (Amer.)
n. 17. 1848 – a merry meeting; a rustic dance or gathering (Eng. dial.)
n. 18. 19C – an annoying characteristic (sl.)
n. 19. L19 – a hearse (US sl.)
n. 20. Bk1905 – filth, dirt (Eng. dial.)
n. 21. Bk1905 – havoc, injury, damage (Eng. dial.)
n. 22. 1908 – broken water, a choppy sea; a stiff or contrary wind which causes the sea to rise (Sc.)
n. 23. 1910s – an ambulance (US sl.)
n. 24. 1914 – a night watchman; a night policeman or marshal; chiefly the watchman of a building (US criminals’ sl.)
n. 25. 1914 – a prison guard (US sl.)
n. 26. 1916 – an old, slow, or dilapidated motor vehicle, aircraft, or boat or ship (US sl.)
n. 27. 1916 – a caboose (Amer. dial.)
n. 28. 1920s – a policeman (US sl.)
n. 29. 1920s – a car (US sl.)
n. 30. 1928 – a taxi (US sl.)
n. 31. 1930s – a taxi driver (Aust. & US sl.)
n. 32. 1934 – a White person (US sl.)
n. 33. 1937 – a sleigh (Amer. dial.)
n. 34. 1937 – in cockfighting: an independent match arranged between owners (Amer. dial.)
n. 35. 1938 – an omnibus (Amer. dial.)
n. 36. 1944 – in the Navy & US Marine Corps: confinement to quarters as punishment, esp. for officers (US sl.)
n. 37. 1950s – a bodyguard (sl.)
n. 38. 1950s – anyone who acts as a ‘yes-man’, esp. in politics (sl.)
n. 39. 1950s – an incompetent, an inadequate (sl.)
n. 40. 1956 – a portion cut, a slice, a chunk (Sc.)
n. 41. 1958 – a hot rod (US sl.)
n. 42. 1960s – a customer, as in a pub (NZ sl.)
n. 43. 1962 – a motorcycle sidecar; hence a motorcycle equipped with a sidecar (US sl.)
n. 44. 1962 – an evil spell; a curse (Amer. dial.)
n. 45. 1967 – a labour organizer belonging to the Communist Party of the United States (US sl.)
n. 46. 1980 – an opportunist (Oxford University usage)
n. 47. 1981 – a solution to a computer problem; an impressive and demanding piece of computer work (US sl.)
n. 48. 1983 – a single act of unlawfully invading and exploring another’s computer system by remote means (US sl.)
n. 49. 1990s – a worker of any type, inferring monotonous ‘grind’ (sl.)
n. 50. 1997 – a game of Hacky Sack (US sl.)
vb. 1. c1320 – of the teeth: to chatter (obs. exc. Eng. dial.)
vb. 2. 1553 – to hesitate; to hesitate in speech; to stammer; to stutter (obs. exc. Eng. dial.)
vb. 3. 1587 – to hesitate, to haggle (obs.)
vb. 4. 1598 – to mangle or ‘make a hash of’ words in utterance (obs.)
vb. 5. c1779 – of the skin: to chap or crack; to make or become rough (Sc.)
vb. 6. 1813 – to employ as a literary hack, hire for hack-work
vb. 7. 1879 – to ride in a hackney coach or taxicab (US sl.)
vb. 8. 1888 – to socialize idly; to gad or fool about; to waste time (US sl.)
vb. 9. 1888 – to waste time, usually in a context where time should not be wasted (US sl.)
vb. 10. 1893 – to annoy, to irritate, to anger; to provoke; to goad (US sl.)
vb. 11. 1903 – to drive a bus or taxi (US sl.)
vb. 12. Bk1905 – to work hard (Eng. dial.)
vb. 13. 1908 – to embarrass, to disconcert (Amer. dial.)
vb. 14. 1910s – to work as a night watchman (US criminals’ sl.)
vb. 15. 1915 – to put up with, to tolerate, to endure (US sl.)
vb. 16. 1923 – to plunder or rob a bird’s nest (Sc.)
vb. 17. 1943 – to engage in amorous play or sexual activity; to neck, pet, or spoon; to kiss (US sl.)
vb. 18. 1950s – to joke, to tease gently (US sl.)
vb. 19. 1952 – to accomplish or manage successfully; to cope with (US sl.)
vb. 20. 1960s – to tinker with a computer system for pleasure and as a proof of one’s expertise (sl., orig. computing usage)
vb. 21. 1970s – to understand (US sl.)
vb. 22. 1970s – to vomit (US students’ sl.)
vb. 23. 1971 – to watch closely (African-American sl.)
vb. 24. 1977 – in basketball: to strike the arm of an opponent with the hand (US sl.)
vb. 25. 1981 – to work with a computer (US sl.)
vb. 26. 1983 – to gain or attempt to gain unlawful access to a proprietary computer system through the use of another computer (US sl.)
vb. 27. 1995 – to play with a hacky sack beanbag (US sl.)
• HACK ABOUT
vb. 1. 1920s – to socialize; to fool about (US students’ sl.)
vb. 2. 1950s – to joke, to tease (US sl.)
vb. 3. 1960s – to waste time (US sl.)
• HACK AFTER
vb. 1393 – to aim at, to strive for (obs.)
• HACK AND HARBOUR
n. Bk1905 – food and shelter (Eng. dial.)
• HACK AND SWEEP
n. 1902 – a tumult, an uproar; a fight; a commotion (Sc.)
• HACK AROUND
vb. 1888 – to loaf, to lounge, to idle; to ramble around; to waste time (US sl.)
• HACK AT
vb. 1828 – to imitate (Eng. dial.)
• HACK-BLOCK
n. 1956 – a chopping block (Sc.)
• HACK BUTTS
vb. 1993 – to smoke cigarettes (Can. sl.)
• HACK-CHIP
n. c1440 – a hatchet (obs.)
• HACK DOG
n. 1915 – the assistant to a hackney driver (US sl.)
• HACK DRIVER
n. 1951 – in horse racing: a jockey (US sl.)
• HACKED
adj. 1. 1882 – dispirited; tired or disconcerted, exhausted (Amer. dial.)
adj. 2. 1892 – angry, irritated; annoyed and disappointed (sl., orig. US)
adj. 3. 1892 – embarrassed, cowed, flustered (Amer. dial.)
adj. 4. 1914 – of a place to be robbed: watched by a security guard (US sl.)
adj. 5. 1936 – confused; tired (US sl.)
adj. 6. 1950s – grumpy, bored (sl., orig. US)
• HACKED OFF
adj. 1. 1892 – very angry, irritated, confused; annoyed and disappointed (sl., orig. US)
adj. 2. L19 – exhausted; tired (sl., orig. US)
adj. 3. 1950s – grumpy, bored (sl., orig. US)
adj. 4. 1970 – embarrassed, cowed, flustered (US sl.)
• HACKED TO THE CROKER SACK
adj. 1950 – extremely humiliated or embarrassed (Amer. dial.)
• HACKED UP
adj. 1984 – angry, annoyed; irritated; confused; tired (US sl.)
• HACKEE
n. 1838 – a chipmunk (Amer. dial.)
• HACKEMS
n. 1960s – hostilities, conflicts (Aust. sl.)
• HACKER
n. 1. 1581 – a cut-throat, a bully (obs.)
n. 2. a1603 – one who mangles words or sense (obs.)
n. 3. 1930s – a taxi driver (US sl.)
n. 4. 1960s – an idler, a time-waster (US students’ sl.)
n. 5. 1963 – one who uses their skill with computers to try to gain unauthorized access to computer systems (sl., orig. computing usage)
n. 6. 1970s – an enthusiast for programming or using computers as an end in itself (sl., orig. computing usage)
n. 7. 1970s – a run-of-the-mill, average person (sl.)
n. 8. 1970s – one who perseveres in the face of challenges; a survivor (US sl.)
n. 9. 1983 – an expert in any field (US sl.)
n. 10. 1990s – a prison guard (US prison sl.)
vb. 1. 1787 – to hesitate in speech; to stammer, to stutter (Eng. dial.)
vb. 2. 1807 – to hack in cutting; to cut or chop small (Sc. & Eng. dial.)
vb. 3. 1833 – to haggle (Eng. dial.)
vb. 4. Bk1905 – to cough (Eng. dial.)
vb. 5. Bk1905 – to shake or tremble with anger, fear, cold, etc.; to chatter with cold (Eng. dial.)
vb. 6. Bk1905 – to shuffle, to hesitate (Eng. dial.)
• HACKERING AND HAMMERING
n. 1975 – vacillating, equivocating (Amer. dial.)
• HACKERY
adj. Bk1905 – in a stammering, stuttering manner (Eng. dial.)
• HACKET
adj. 1868 – biting, caustic (Sc.)
n. Bk1905 – a short, dry wearying cough (Eng. dial.)
vb. 1. Bk1905 – to cough in a hardy, dry manner; to hack (Eng. dial.)
vb. 2. Bk1905 – to hop on one leg; to play hopscotch (Eng. dial.)
• HACKETING
adj. Bk1905 – of a cough: dry, hard, hacking (Eng. dial.)
• HACKETTE
n. 1970s – a female journalist (sl.)
• HACKETY
n. B1900 – the game of hopscotch (Eng. dial.)
vb. B1900 – to hop on one leg (Eng. dial.)
• HACKETY-OYSTER
n. Bk1905 – the game of hopscotch (Eng. dial.)
• HACKFIGHT
n. 1976 – in cockfighting: an independent match arranged between owners (Amer. dial.)
• HACK HAMMER
n. 1646 – a hatchet for cutting hacks or notches (US)
• HACK HAND
n. 1940s – a commercial truck-driver (US sl.)
• HACKIE
n. 1. 1899 – a horse cab driver; a taxi driver (US sl.)
n. 2. 1923 – one who robs a bird’s nest (Sc.)
n. 3. 1961 – a chipmunk (Amer. dial.)
• HACKIM-PLACKIM
adv. 1825 – of payment, reward, etc.: equally, in equal shares (Sc.)
• HACKING
n. 1. 1960s – the unauthorized accessing of computer systems (sl., orig. computing usage)
n. 2. 1970s – the use of a computer for the sheer pleasure in computing (sl., orig. computing usage)
n. 3. 1975 – the underbrush (Amer. dial.)
• HACKING-BLOCK
n. 1877 – a chopping-block (Eng. dial.)
• HACKING STICK
n. 1969 – a cigarette (Amer. dial.)
• HACKING-STOCK
n. 1592 – a chopping-block
• HACK IT
vb. 1. 1952 – to accomplish or manage successfully; to achieve, to succeed in a task; to cope with (US sl.)
vb. 2. 1950s – to solve a problem, to succeed (sl.)
vb. 3. 1961 – to put up with, to tolerate, to endure (US sl.)
• HACKITIE HEELS
n. 1956 – a nickname for an intoed person who kicks his heels in walking (Sc.)
• HACK IT OUT
vb. 1967 – to work out a plan (Amer. dial.)
• HACK IT OVER
vb. 1967 – to work out a plan (Amer. dial.)
• HACKLE
n. 1. c893 – a cloak, mantle, outer garment (obs.)
n. 2. a1300 – a covering of any kind, as a bird’s plumage, a serpent’s skin, sheep’s wool, etc.(obs. exc. Eng. dial.)
n. 3. a1450 – the long shining feathers on the neck of certain birds, as the domestic cock, peacock, pigeon, etc.
n. 4. 1609 – the conical straw roofing of a beehive
n. 5. M19 – courage, pluck (sl.)
n. 6. Bk1905 – a conspiracy, cabal (Eng. dial.)
n. 7. Bk1905 – clothing, covering, clothes (Eng. dial.)
n. 8. Bk1905 – temper, dander (Eng. dial.)
n. 9. Bk1905 – the mane of a hog (Eng. dial.)
vb. 1. 1579-80 – to cut roughly; to hackle; to mangle by cutting
vb. 2. 1609 – to cover a beehive with a hackle or straw roof
vb. 3. Bk1905 – to conspire, agree together (Eng. dial.)
vb. 4. Bk1905 – to dress; to put on one’s best clothes (Eng. dial.)
vb. 5. Bk1905 – to equip, get ready, put in order (Eng. dial.)
vb. 6. Bk1905 – to haggle, to chaffer (Eng. dial.)
vb. 7. Bk1905 – to look angry or indignant; to grumble, to dispute (Eng. dial.)
vb. 8. 1950s – to bother, to worry, to trouble (W. Indies Rasta)
• HACKLEBARNEY
n. 1950 – a non-existent town you try to get to that is forever just around the next curve or just over the next hill, a town you believe in but never get to (US sl.)
• HACKLED
adj. Bk1905 – peevish, cross-grained, angry (Eng. & Amer. dial.)
• HACKLED UP
adj. 1935 – angry (Amer. dial..)
• HACKLES
n. 1882 – hair, whiskers
• HACKLE UP
adj. 1. 20C – of people: physically deformed (W. Indies sl.)
adj. 2. 20C – of things: torn, damaged, untidy (W. Indies sl.)
vb. 1. 1935 – to become angry (Amer. dial.)
vb. 2. 20C – to beat up (W. Indies sl.)
• HACKLING
adj. Bk1905 – of a cough: dry, hard, hacking (Eng. dial.)
n. 1950s – bothering, worrying, troubling (W. Indies Rasta)
• HACK-LOG
n. 1831 – a chopping-block
• HACKMAN
n. 1850 – the driver of a hack or hackney-carriage; a cabman (US)
• HACK-MEAT
n. Bk1905 – a butcher (Eng. dial.)
• HACK MODE
n. 1991 – while working on or with a computer: a state of complete focus and concentration (US sl.)
• HACK-MUCK
n. 1931 – a term of abuse for a person (Sc.)
• HACKNEY
adj. 1. 1589 – ready to do work for hire; plying for hire (obs.)
adj. 2. 1596 – worn out, like a hired horse, by indiscriminate or vulgar use; threadbare, trite, commonplace; hackneyed (obs.)
adj. 3. 1616 – prostitute (obs.)
n. 1. 1546 – one who is used to do mean or servile work for hire; a common drudge (obs.)
n. 2. 1579 – a woman that hires her person; a prostitute (obs.)
n. 3. E16 – a pimp (sl.)
n. 4. 1614 – a horse kept for hire (obs.)
n. 5. 1950 – a bob-tailed horse (Amer. dial.)
vb. 1. 1596 – to render too familiar, vulgar, trite, or commonplace
vb. 2. 1617 – to drive hard; to hurry; also, to run hard, to race (obs.)
vb. 3. 1622 – to let out for hire (obs.)
vb. 4. 1684 – to ride in a hackney carriage (obs.)
vb. 5. M18 – to work as a prostitute (sl.)
• HACKNEYED
adj. 1. E17 – pert. to prostitution (sl.)
adj. 2. 1767 – hired; kept for hire (obs.)
• HACKNEY HORSE
n. 1966 – a bob-tailed horse (Amer. dial.)
• HACKNEY JADE
n. M15 – a prostitute (sl.)
• HACKNEY LADY
n. M15 – a prostitute (sl.)
• HACKNEY MARSH
n. 20C – a glass of alcohol (rhyming sl.)
• HACKNEY MARSHES
n. 20C rhyming sl. – spectacles, glasses
• HACKNEY WICK
n. 1998 UK rhyming sl. for ‘prick’ – a penis
• HACKNEY-WOMAN
n. 1616 obs. – a bawd
• HACK OFF
vb. 1. 1888 – to idle; to loaf; to lounge; to go about aimlessly looking for distraction; to gad or fool about; to waste time (US sl.)
vb. 2. L19 – to annoy, to irritate, to anger; to provoke; to goad (US sl.)
vb. 3. 1950s – to joke, to tease (US sl.)
vb. 4. 1960s – to ignore one’s homework or other duties and do nothing (US sl.)
vb. 5. 1965 – to disgust one to a very great degree (US sl.)
• HACK ON
vb. 1966 – to begin to go away from a place (Amer. dial.)
• HACK ONE’S MACK
vb. 20C – to masturbate (sl.)
• HACK OUT
vb. 1631 – to stammer out (obs.)
• HACK PILOT
n. 1930s – a taxi-driver (Aust. & US sl.)
• HACK PUSHER
n. 1930s – a taxi-driver (Aust. & US sl.)
• HACK RACK
n. 1970s – taxi-cab stand (US sl.)
• HACKSEY-LOOKED
adj. 1. 1825 – of one’s features: scarred, pitted as if with smallpox (Sc.)
adj. 2. Bk1905 – having a coarse visage, gruff (Sc.)
• HACKSLAVER
n. 1790 – a dirty, slovenly fellow; an idle, dissolute, good-for-nothing man; a disgusting and silly fellow (Eng. dial.)
vb. 1. B1900 – to cut roughly (Eng. dial.)
vb. 2. B1900 – to hesitate in speech; to stammer and splutter (Eng. dial.)
• HACKSTER
n. 1. 1581 – a cut-throat; a swaggering ruffian, a swashbuckler (obs. exc. Eng. dial.)
n. 2. 1594 – a prostitute (obs.)
n. 3. 1607 – a prostitute’s bully (obs.)
• HACK-STOCK
n. a1500 – a chopping-block (obs.)
• HACK THE COURSE
vb. 1966 – to accomplish a task at hand; to succeed (US sl., esp. US Air Force)
• HACK THE HOG
vb. 1960s – to masturbate (sl.)
• HACK THE JIMSON
vb. 1952 – to achieve, to accomplish something (US sl.)
• HACKTIVIST
n. 2001 – a cultural activist and skilled computer-user who invades a corporate website to leave subversive messages (UK sl.)
• HACKUM
n. L17 – a braggart (sl.)
• HACKUM-PLACKUM
adj. 1825 – equal in every way (Sc. & N. Eng. dial.)
adv. 1. 1825 – of payment, reward, etc.: equally, in equal shares (Sc. & N. Eng. dial.)
adv. 2. Bk1905 – in exchange or barter (Sc. & N. Eng. dial.)
• HACK UP
vb. 1950s – to achieve, to succeed in a task (US sl.)
• HACKY
adj. 1969 – dressed carelessly, or wearing clothes that never look right (Amer. dial.)
n. 1. 1842 – a chipmunk (Amer. dial.)
n. 2. Bk1905 – a prostitute; a term of great contempt (Eng. dial.)
n. 3. 1937 – a taxi-driver (US sl.)
• HACKY SACK
n. 1989 – a beanbag used in a game in which a circle of players try to keep the bag from hitting the ground without using their hands (US sl.)
• HACOYTE
n. 1541 – a cushion or pillow (obs.)
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Updated: May 10, 2023
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