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• HO
n. 1. 1950 – a generic term describing any woman → sl.
n. 2. 1950 – a person indiscreet in sexual matters → sl.
n. 3. 1950 – a promiscuous or seductively dressed young woman → African-American & students’ sl.
n. 4. 1950 – a prostitute → sl., orig. African-American
n. 5. 1980 – cannabis → drug culture sl.
n. 6. 1990 – a sexually promiscuous man → African-American sl.
vb. 1990 – to sell out, to prostitute oneself → African-American teen sl.
• HOACH AND HAW
vb. 1777 – to hawk and spit → Eng. dial.
• HOAFLINS
adv. 1808 – half, partially; nearly → Eng. dial.
• HOARY-EYED
adj. 1940 – drunk → US sl.
• HOAVE
vb. 1902 – to walk blunderingly or stupidly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• HOAVE-GEE!
int. 1902 – a call to a horse to go straight forward → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• HOAVE-GEE WOHOP!
int. 1902 – a call to a horse to go straight forward → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• HOAX
n. L18 – a deception, a fraud → sl.
vb. L18 – to deceive; to ridicule → sl.
• HOAX A QUIZ
vb. L18 – to tease an eccentric person → sl.
• HOB
n. L17 – a rustic, a simpleton → sl.
• HOBALL
n. 1553 – a clown, a fool, a dolt, an idiot → obs.
• HOB AND NOB
vb. 1. M18 – to invite to drink, and then to clink glasses → sl.
vb. 2. M19 – to fraternize, to be on intimate terms → sl.
• HOBBES!
int. 1980 – really! honest! on my honour! → US students’ sl.
• HOBBINALL
n. 1579 – the name of a shepherd in Edmund Spenser’s Shepheardes Calender; hence, a countryman, a rustic, a peasant → obs.
• HOBBINOL
n. 1579 – the name of a shepherd in Edmund Spenser’s Shepheardes Calender; hence, a countryman, a rustic, a peasant → obs.
• HOBBINOLD
n. 1579 – the name of a shepherd in Edmund Spenser’s Shepheardes Calender; hence, a countryman, a rustic, a peasant → obs.
• HOBBINOLL
n. 1579 – the name of a shepherd in Edmund Spenser’s Shepheardes Calender; hence, a countryman, a rustic, a peasant → obs.
• HOBBITY-HOY
n. 1825 – a lad growing into manhood, one between man and boy; a clumsy or awkward youth; a hobbledehoy → Eng. dial.
• HOBBLE
n. 1. ..L18 – a difficult situation, from which it is hard to extricate oneself → sl.
n. 2. 1942 – bewilderment; perplexity → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1. ..18C – to steal; to arrest → criminal sl.
vb. 2. ..L19 – to restrain → US sl.
• HOBBLE-BOBBLE
n. 19C – confusion → Eng. dial.
• HOBBLED
adj. E19 – arrested, committed to trial → sl.
• HOBBLEDEGEE
n. L18 – a jog trot; a pace between a walk and a run → sl.
► HOBBLEDEHOY
n. a youth between man and boy; a young lad between fourteen and twenty-one, neither man nor boy; esp. a clumsy, awkward, or gawky youth → 1540 colloq.
• HOBBLEDEJEE
n. L18 – a jog trot; a pace between a walk and a run → sl.
• HOBBLE-DE-POISE
adv. 1898 – evenly balanced; straight, correct → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• HOBBY
n. M19 – an English translation of a text in a foreign language → US sl.
• HOBBY BOBBY
n. 1980 – a special constable → sl.
• HOBBY HORSE
n. 1. L16 – a fool, a jester → sl.
n. 2. L16 – a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → sl.
• HOB-GOB
n. 1. ..19C – a fool, an idiot; an awkward, uncouth person → Eng. dial.
n. 2. ..19C – silly, empty talk; gossip, chat → Eng. dial.
n. 3. 1882 – a hobgoblin, sprite, elf → Eng. dial.
• HOBGOBLIN PIE
phr. 1965 – said to a child when he asks “What are you making?” → Amer. dial.
• HOBHOUCHIN • HOBHOWCHIN
n. 1682 – an owl → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HOBINALL • HOBINOLL
n. 1579 – the name of a shepherd in Edmund Spenser’s Shepheardes Calender; hence, a countryman, a rustic, a peasant → obs.
• HOB-JOB
n. L19 – an unskilled job, an odd job, e.g. holding horses, carrying parcels → sl.
• HOB-JOBBER
n. M19 – a man or boy walking the streets on the look out for small jobs → sl.
• HOBKNOLLING
n. 19C – saving one’s own expenses by living with others on slight pretenses; sponging on the good nature of one’s friends → Eng. dial. obs.
• HOBLOB
n. 1582 – a lout; a rustic; a clown → obs.
• HOBNAIL
n. L17 – a rustic; a simpleton → sl.
• HOBNAILED
adj. 18C – rustic; boorish → sl.
• HOBNAIL EXPRESS
vb. 1950 – to walk, to travel by foot → NZ sl.
• HOB-NOB
adv. 1540 – at random, hit or miss
n. L18 – a toast → sl.
vb. L18 – (as ‘hob nob’)to invite to drink and then to clink glasses → sl.
• HOB-NOBBLE
vb. 1861 – to talk intimately and confidentially together → Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HOBNOBS
n. 1990 – members of the upper classes → Irish sl.
• HOBNOL
n. 1579 – the name of a shepherd in Edmund Spenser’s Shepheardes Calender; hence, a countryman, a rustic, a peasant → obs.
• HOBO
n. 1. ..L19 – a tramp, a vagrant, an itinerant worker, often using the US rail system as a means of free transport → US sl.
n. 2. 1910 – the penis → US sl.
n. 3. 1915 – a provost-sergeant → Amer. World War I sl.
vb. ..L19 – to live or travel as a tramp → US sl.
• HOBO CELL
n. 1900 – the iron cage in a prison for locking up minor offenders → US sl.
• HOBO COCKTAIL
n. 1940 – a glass of water, esp. when requested (rather than alcohol) in a restaurant → US sl.
• HOBOKEN
n. 1. 20C – an insignificant, out-of-the-way place → US sl.
n. 2. 20C – hell → US sl.
• HOBOLAND
n. 1942 – a train with a crew friendly to tramps → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• HOBO LIMITED
n. 1942 – a train with a crew friendly to tramps → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• HO BOOTS
n. 1970 – ostentatiously sexy, high, tight, high-heeled woman’s boots → African-American sl.
• HOBOSEX
n. 1990 – sex with a number of strangers in a short period of time → sl.
• HOBOSEXUAL
n. 1990 – one who enjoys ‘hobosex’ → sl.
• HOBOY
n. 1. 1575 – an oboe
n. 2. 1633 – an oboe player
• HOB’S KNOB
n. 20C – the smart, rich area of a town → US sl.
• HOBSON’S (CHOICE)
n. 1937 – the voice → Brit. rhyming sl.
• HOBUCK
n. 1807 – a clumsy fellow, a lout; a country bumpkin; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man → Eng. dial.
• HOBYNOLL
n. 1579 – the name of a shepherd in Edmund Spenser’s Shepheardes Calender; hence, a countryman, a rustic, a peasant → obs.
• HO CAKE
n. 1990 – the vagina → African-American sl.
• HOCK
n. 1. ..18C – the foot; the foot and the ankle → sl.
n. 2. ..20C – a male homosexual → rhyming sl. on ‘cock’
vb. 1. 1878 – to pawn → sl., orig. US
vb. 2. 1930 – to steal → US sl.
vb. 3. 1940 – to pester, to nag; to chatter incessantly → US sl.
vb. 4. 1960 – to get hold of, to obtain → NZ sl.
vb. 5. 1970 – to kick → US sl.
• HOCK-DOCKIES
n. M19 – shoes → sl.
• HOCKER
n. 1. 1905 – one who stammers → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. 1960 – a gob of phlegm or spit → US teen sl.
vb. 1990 – to hawk up → sl.
• HOCKERTY-COCKERTY
adv. 1742 – riding on a person’s shoulders, with a leg over each → Sc. obs.
• HOCKEY
adj. ..L18 – drunk, spec. with strong, stale beer known as ‘old hock’ → sl.
n. 1. ..19C – excrement, both human and animal → sl.
n. 2. 1930 – nonsense; lies → US sl.
n. 3. 1975 – semen → US sl. (Bk.)
vb. 19C – to excrete → sl.
• HOCKEY BOX
n. 1970 – the buttocks → US sl.
• HOCKEY PUCK
n. 1960 – a stupid person → US sl.
• HOCKEY STICK
n. 1940 – a mutton chop → NZ sl.
• HOCKHOLLER
n. 1913 – hollyhock → Amer. dial.
• HOCK-HOUSE
n. 1902 – a brothel → sl. (Bk.)
• HOCKIE
n. 1. ..19C – excrement, both human and animal → sl.
n. 2. 1930 – nonsense; lies → US sl.
vb. ..19C – to excrete → sl.
• HOCKS
n. M19 – the feet → sl.
• HOCK-SHOP
n. 1871 – a pawnshop → sl.
• HOCKY
adj. 1970 – unpleasant, nasty → US students’ sl.
n. 1. ..19C – excrement, both human and animal → sl.
n. 2. 1930 – nonsense; lies → US sl.
vb. ..19C – to excrete → sl.
• HOCUS
adj. ..E18 – drunk → sl.
n. 1. .M17 – juggling, imposture → sl.
n. 2. .M17 – a juggler, a magician, a charlatan → sl.
n. 3. ..19C – drugged liquor → sl.
n. 4. 1980 – marijuana → drug culture sl.
n. 5. ..20C – opium, morphine, heroin, or cocaine → drug culture sl.
vb. 1. .M19 – to drug a person with a mixture of snuff and beer before robbing them → sl.
vb. 2. 1940 – in gambling, to make dice crooked → US gambling sl.
• HOCUS-POCUS
n. 1. L17 – a juggler → sl.
n. 2. E18 – a juggler’s trick; thus any form of imposture, trickery → sl.
n. 3. E18 – an astrologer → sl.
• HOD
n. 1. 1913 – a pipe → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1920 – a Black passenger → US cabdrivers’ usage
• HO-DAD • HO-DADDY
n. 1. 1960 – a person who claims knowledge and authority he or she does not possess → US surfers’ usage
n. 2. 1960 – a nonparticipant who seeks the company of athletes and performers; a hanger-on → US surfers’ usage
n. 3. 1960 – an obnoxious and contemptible person → US surfers’ usage
• HO-DAD WITH A SHUFFLIN’ ROD
phr. 1965 – said to a child when he asks “What are you making?” → Amer. dial.
• HODDY
adj. 1664 – in good condition, physically or mentally; healthy; in good humour or spirits; pleasant, cheerful → Eng. dial.
n. 1895 – a snail; the shell of a snail → Eng. dial.
• HODDY-DODDY
adj. 1. 1790 – giddy, drunk → Eng. dial.
adj. 2. 1798 – confused, in a whirl → Eng. dial.
adj. 3. 1824 – short and dumpy or clumsy; disproportionately stout; squat → Eng. dial.
n. 1. 1556 – a short and dumpy or thickset person → obs.
n. 2. 1598 – a cuckold; a henpecked man → obs.
n. 3. 1646 – a foolish or ridiculous person; a simpleton; a dupe → obs.
n. 4. 1777 – a revolving light → Eng. dial.
n. 5. 1854 – a snail, a small snail shell → Eng. dial.
► HODDY-NODDY n. a fool, a simpleton, a noodle → 1600
• HODDYPEAK
n. 1. 1500 – a fool, a simpleton, a blockhead → obs.
n. 2. 1500 – a cuckold → obs.
• HODGY
n. 1954 – the penis → US sl.
• HODIERN
adj. 1513 – of this day; belonging to the present day → obs.
• HODNER
adj. 1905 – odder → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• HOE
n. 1. 1950 – a generic term describing any woman → sl.
n. 2. 1950 – a person indiscreet in sexual matters → sl.
n. 3. 1950 – a promiscuous or seductively dressed young woman → African-American & students’ sl.
n. 4. 1950 – a prostitute → sl., orig. African-American
n. 5. 1990 – a sexually promiscuous man → African-American sl.
• HOE-BUCK
n. 1807 – a clumsy fellow, a lout; a country bumpkin; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man → Eng. dial.
• HOEDOWN
n. 1. 1950 – a lively and noisy argument → US sl.
n. 2. 1950 – a riotous fight; a brawl → US sl.
• HOE IN • HOE INTO
vb. 1935 – to begin to eat or drink heartily → sl.
• HOE ONE’S ROW
vb. 1905 – to do one’s own work → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• HOES AND SOME
n. 20C – in dominoes: twenty-five points → sl.
• HOFUL
adj. 1565 – careful, wary, prudent → obs.
• HOG
n. 1. 1903 – sixpence → sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. 1903 – 1 shilling → sl. (Bk.)
n. 3. 1913 – a slovenly person; a grasping person → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 4. 1915 – a locomotive, orig. a heavy freight engine → US railroad sl.
n. 5. 1915 – a railroad engineer → US railroad sl.
n. 6. 1942 – a hippopotamus → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 7. 1960 – a Harley-Davidson motorcycle → US motorcyclists’ sl.
n. 8. 1960 – a Cadillac → Amer. sl.
n. 9. 1960 – PCP or a similar addictive drug → US drug culture sl.
n. 10. 1980 – a sexually appealing male → US students’ sl.
vb. 1903 – to possess carnally → sl. (Bk.)
• HOG-AGE
n. 1848 – the awkward, ill-mannered age between boyhood and manhood; male adolescence → Amer. dial.
• HOG AND A KYE
n. 1903 – 1 shilling and sixpence → sl. (Bk.)
• HOG AND HOMINY
n. 1860 – southern rations → US Civil War usage
• HOGAN’S BRICKYARD
n. 1900 – a rough baseball diamond → US baseball sl.
• A HOG FOR
adj. 1942 – avaricious, greedy → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• HOGGER
n. 1915 – a railroad engineer → US railroad sl.
• HOG-GRUBBER
n. 1626 – a mean, stingy, sneaking fellow; a close-fisted fellow; a miser, a niggard → sl. obs.
• HOGGY
adj. 1942 – avaricious, greedy → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• HOG-HEAD
n. 1915 – a railroad engineer → US railroad sl.
• HOG-HEADED
adj. 19C – stupidly obstinate, pig-headed → Eng. dial.
• HOG HEAVEN
n. 1940 – a place of total bliss, esp. for the gluttonous → US sl.
• HOG KILLIN’ TIME
n. 1. 1913 – a cold snap → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. 1913 – a highly enjoyable time → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• HOGLEG
n. 1942 – a six-chambered firearm, esp. a revolver → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• HOGOPOLIS
n. 1. M19 – Chicago → sl.
n. 2. M19 – Cincinnati → US sl.
• HOG PARADISE
n. 1940 – a place of total bliss, esp. for the gluttonous → US sl.
• HOGRY-MOGRY
adj. 1869 – disorderly, in a confused state; untidy, slovenly → Sc.
• HOGS
n. 1940 – dollars, esp. only a few dollars → US sl.
• HOG-SAFF
n. 1892 – mutton from a sheep that has died a natural death → Eng. dial.
• HOG’S-BREATH
n. 1990 – a despicable person; a disgusting wretch → US sl.
• HOGSHEAD
n. 1913 – an engineer of a locomotive → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• HOGSLOP
n. 1990 – empty and pretentious talk; nonsense; baloney → US sl.
• HOG-SLOSH
n. 1942 – nonsense → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• HOGSTER
n. 1980 – an owner, admirer, etc. of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle → US sl.
• HOGWASH
n. 1. 1882 – empty and pretentious talk; nonsense → Amer. sl.
n. 2. 1942 – something worthless → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 3. 1942 – weak, inferior liquor → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• HO, HO AND A COUPLE OF HUMS!
int. 1942 – expressive of boredom → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• HO-HUM
adj. 1942 – boring, dull, tedious → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
int. 1942 – (as ‘ho hum!) expressive of boredom → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 1960 – boring matter; dull tripe → Amer. sl.
• HOIST
n. 1790 – shoplifting → sl.
vb. 1. 1708 – to possess carnally → sl.
vb. 2. 1931 – to steal or rob → sl., orig. US
vb. 3. 1940 – to drink some beer or liquor → US sl.
• HOISTER
n. 1790 – a shoplifter or pickpocket → sl.
• HOISTING
n. 1936 – shoplifting → sl.
• HOIT-A-POIT
adj. 19C – assuming airs of importance unsuitable to years or action; presuming, forward → Eng. dial.
• HOITY-TOITY
adj. 1668 – haughty, conceited, snobbish, pretentious → sl.
• HOKE
n. 1. 1921 – nonsense → Amer. sl.
n. 2. 1942 – something absurdly erroneous → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1935 – to make fun of; to treat insincerely → US sl.
• HOKED-UP
adj. 1940 – false; dishonestly confected → US sl.
• HOKE UP
vb. 1935 – to render something insincere or artificial → sl., orig. US
• HOKEY
adj. 1927 – sentimentally or melodramatically artificial; pretentious → sl., orig. US
• HOKEY-DOKEY
adj. 1930 – good, fine, acceptable → US sl.
int. 1930 – OK! → sl., orig. US
• HOKEY-POKEY
n. 1. 1840 – pretentious nonsense; false and meretricious material; deception → Amer. sl.
n. 2. 1913 – a cheat → Amer. students’ sl.
• HOKIE
adj. 1945 – sentimentally or melodramatically artificial; pretentious → sl., orig. US
• HOKIE DOKIE!
int. 1936 – O.K.; all right, very well → Amer. sl.
• HOKUM
n. 1. 1917 – nonsense → Amer. sl.
n. 2. 1942 – something absurdly erroneous → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• HOKUS
n. 1930 – any narcotic → US drug culture sl.
• HOKY
adj. 1945 – sentimentally or melodramatically artificial; pretentious → sl., orig. US
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