Dictionary: HOO – HOQ

► HOO! int. a call to get the pigs in at feeding time → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HOOA n. a term of general disapproval, applied to either sex → 1950 Aust. sl.
► HOOCH n. poor-quality drink; chiefly applied to illicitly distilled whisky or other spirits → 1897 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
vb. to intoxicate; to make dead drunk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOOCHED ► HOOCHED UP adj. alcohol intoxicated → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HOOCHER n. a drunkard → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HOOCHFEST n. a drinking bout; a drinking party → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HOOCHHEAD n. a heavy drinker; a drunkard → 1950 Aust. sl.
► HOOCH HOUND n. a drunkard → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HOOCH UP vb. to intoxicate; to make dead drunk → 1950 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► HOOD n. a hoodlum → 1930 US sl.
► HOOD-AWL n.  the green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis → 1885 Eng. dial.
► HOODOO n. 1. a bringer of bad luck → 1893 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. bad luck → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOOD RAT n. a sexually promiscuous woman from the neighbourhood → 1999 African-American sl.
► HOODS n. dark glasses → 1970 US homosexual sl.
► HOODY adj. acting in a thuggish manner; resembling a thug → 1960 US sl.
► HOODY-DOODY n. a short stumpy person → 19C Amer. cant
► HOOEE! int. 1. used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. → 1874 Amer. dial.
int. 2. a call to get the cows in from the pasture → 1965 Amer. dial.
int. 3. a call to get the pigs in at feeding time → 1965 Amer. dial.
int. 4. an expression to drive away people or animals → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HOO-EE-AH! int. used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. → 1874 Amer. dial.
► HOOER n. a term of general disapproval, applied to either sex → 1950 Aust. sl.
► HOOEY int. 1. nonsense! → 1920 sl.
int. 2. an expression to drive away people or animals → 1965 Amer. dial.
n. 1. rubbish, nonsense → 1910 sl.
n. 2. excrement → 1980 US sl.
► HOOEY-BALOOEY n. nonsense → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOOF n. an animal → 1683 US 
► HOOFED LOCUSTS n. sheep → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► HOOF-PADDER n. a pedestrian → L18 sl.
► HOOFS n. shoes; feet → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HOO-HA n. 1. a fuss, a commotion → 1931 sl.
n. 2. nonsense → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
n. 3. (usually as  ‘hooha’) a nameless object, or an object for which one cannot remember the name → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOO-HEE! int. used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HOO-HOO! int. a call to get the cows in from the pasture → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HOO-IE! int. a call to pigs → 1949 Amer. dial.
► HOOJAH n. 1917 – something one cannot find the correct name for; a gadget → sl.
► HOOK adj. sexually attractive → 1988 African-American sl.
n. 1. a thief or pickpocket; orig., someone who stole from a picket while the victim’s attention was distracted by someone else → 1863 sl.
n. 2. in baseball: a curve ball → 1910 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a harlot; a prostitute, a hooker → 1918 Amer. sl.
n. 4. a straight razor or knife used as a weapon → 1918 Amer. prison sl.
n. 5. an influential patron or associate; political influence → 1931 Amer. sl., esp. New York City
n. 6. in the military: a chevron indicating an enlisted grade → 1941 military usage
n. 7. in poker: a jack or a seven → 1949 Amer. sl.
n. 8. a drug addiction → 1954 Amer. drug culture sl.
n. 9. an academic grade of ‘C’ → 1964 Amer. students’ sl.
n. 10. in surfing: the crest of a breaker → 1965 Amer. surfing sl.
vb. 1. to steal, to filch → 1615 sl.
vb. 2. to snare, to entice, or to swindle a victim; to persuade with deception or flattery; to trick; to defraud → 1730 Amer. sl.
vb. 3. to make a drug addict of → 1922 Amer. drug culture sl.
vb. 4. to make helplessly enamoured; to captivate → 1927 Amer. sl.
vb. 5. to catch or apprehend by law; to arrest → 1928 Amer. sl.
vb. 6. to secure a ride for oneself, as by hitchhiking; to steal a ride on a train → 1930 Amer. sl.
vb. 7. to work as a prostitute → 1959 Amer. sl.
vb. 8. to fight → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
vb. 9. to receive a grade of ‘C’ on or for → 1976 Amer. students’ sl.
vb. 10. to engage in kissing, petting, or sexual intercourse; to kiss passionately → 1989 Amer. students’ sl.
► THE HOOK n. 1. an instance of treachery; a double cross → 1908 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a hypodermic injection → 1941 Amer. sl., esp. military usage
n. 3. police → 1994 criminals’ sl.
► HOOK AND SNIVEY ► HOOK AND SNIVVY adj. deceitful, tricky, sly → 1892 Eng. dial. & sl. 
n. 1. an imposture or deceit → 1781 Eng. dial. & sl. 
n. 2. a contrivance for undoing the bolt of a door from the outside → 1802 
► HOOK DOWN vb. to swallow something → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HOOKED adj. 1. addicted to drugs → 1922 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. filled with love for; captivated → 1927 Amer. sl.
adj. 3. attractive, well put together → 1999 Amer. sl.
► HOOKED UP adj. attractive, well put together; hence, well-dressed or intelligent → 1933 Amer. sl.
► HOOKEM SNIVEY ► HOOKUM-SNIVEY adj. 1. deceitful, tricky, sly → 1892 Eng. dial. & sl. 
adj. 2. avaricious, greedy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. an imposture or deceit → 1781 Eng. dial. & sl. 
n. 2. one who pretends sickness, calamity, etc., in the streets, in order to excite compassion and charity → 19C Sc. sl.
n. 3. a contrivance for undoing the bolt of a door from the outside → 1802 
► HOOK-EM-UP adj. married → 1972 Amer. sl.
► HOOKER n. 1. a thief or pilferer; a pickpocket; a stealer of pocket-watches → 1567 sl.
n. 2. a sailing vessel; a ship → 1821 sl.
n. 3. a drink of liquor, esp. if copious → 1833 sl.
n. 4. a prostitute; a street-walker → 1845 colloq.
n. 5. a drink of whisky → 1919 Amer. sl.
n. 6. a warrant for arrest or re-arrest → 1934 Amer. criminals’ sl.
n. 7. an operative who inveigles union men into acting as spies on their fellows and keeps them ‘hooked’ by threatening to expose them to the union → 1937 Amer. labour usage
n. 8. a trick or concealed drawback; a catch → 1966 Amer. sl.
n. 9. in the advertising and entertainment industry: an element or inducement intended to stimulate the interest of a reader, audience, customer, etc. → 1968 Amer. sl.
n. 10. a difficult question on an examination → 1971 Amer. sl.
► HOOKEY! int. a call to get the cows in from the pasture → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HOOKEY WALKER! int. an exclamation of incredulity → 1811
► HOOK-HOUSE n. a brothel → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► HOOKIE! int. a call to get the cows in from the pasture → 1949 Amer. dial.
► HOOK IN vb. to put into close touch or association with; hence, to direct to a source of → 1918 Amer. sl.
► HOOK IT int. get lost! → 1971 Amer. sl.
vb. to run away, to clear out → 1776 Amer. sl.
► HOOK JACK vb. to play truant → 1877 Amer. sl.
► HOOKNOSE n. a Jewish person; used contemptuously → 1867 Amer. sl.
► HOOK OFF vb. to play truant from → 1890 Amer. sl.
► HOOKS n. 1. a man’s hands and arms → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. spurs → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► HOOKS AND CROOKS n. letters; writing → 1804 Amer. sl.
► HOOK SCHOOL vb. to play truant → 1946 Amer. sl.
► HOOK-SHOP n. a brothel → 1889 sl.
► HOOKY adj. said of something stolen or counterfeit → 1985 Brit. sl.
► HOOKY-CROOKY adj. not straightforward, perverse, dishonest → 1833
n. an underhand act or practice → 1830
► HOOK YOUR MUTTON phr. in a dance hall: the invitation to ‘take your partners’ → 1900 Aust. sl.
► HOOLEY n.  a wild party → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► HOOLIGAN NAVY n. the US Coast Guard → 1922 US nautical sl.
► HOON n. 1. a pimp; a procurer → 20C Aust. sl.
n. 2. a violent person; a thug; a ruffian → 1938 Aust. sl.
► HOOP n. 1. a ring (jewellery) → 1507
n. 2. the female genitals → 19C Brit. sl.
vb. to vomit → 1980 US sl.
► HOOP-A-DOOP n. raucous confusion; noisy celebration; jolly fuss → 1929 sl.
► HOOP AND HIDE n. hide and seek → 1822 Amer. dial.
► HOOP-DE-DOO n. raucous confusion; noisy celebration; jolly fuss → 1929 sl.
► HOOP-DE-DOODLE n. nonsense → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOOPENSOCKER n. a large or strong drink; alcohol → 1933 Amer. dial.
► HOOPERDOO n. a remarkable, wonderful, or superior person or thing → 1940 US sl.
► HOOPERDOOPER n. 1. an important person → 1920 US sl.
n. a remarkable, wonderful, or superior person or thing → 1940 US sl.
► HOOP-HIDE n. hide and seek → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HOOPIE! int. used to drive away people or animals → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HOO-PIG! int. a call to get the pigs in at feeding time → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HOOP IT UP vb. to laugh, to cackle → 1980 US sl.
► HOOPLA n. 1. nonsense → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. a fuss → 1948 sl.
► HOOPLE n. a Caucasian → 1970  US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HOOPTIE ► HOOPTY n. a car, esp. one that is dilapidated or modified → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HOOPTY-DOO n. raucous confusion; noisy celebration; jolly fuss → 1929 sl.
► HOOPY n. a car, esp. one that is dilapidated or modified → 1966 Amer. dial.
► HOOPY HIDE n. hide and seek → 1940 Amer. dial.
► HOOR n. a term of general disapproval, applied to either sex → 1950 Aust. sl.
► HOORAW n.  nonsense → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOORAY n. orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man → 1936 Brit. sl., derogatory
phr. goodbye → 1898 Aust. & NZ sl.
► HOORAY HENRY n. orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man → 1936 Brit. sl., derogatory
► HOOROO phr. goodbye → 1906 Aust. & NZ sl.
► HOOSEGOW n. 1. a prison; a jail → M19 US colloq.
n. 2. a public restroom → E20 US sl.
► THE HOOSEGOW n. prison → 1911 US sl.
► HOOSH n. a kind of thick soup → 1905 sl.
► HOOSIER adj. boorish; rustic → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOOSIERFIED adj. boorish; rustic → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOOSIERIFIED  adj. boorish; rustic → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOOSIERISH adj. boorish; rustic → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOOSIERIZED adj. boorish; rustic → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOO SOOK! int. a call to get the cows in from the pasture → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HOOT n. 1. applied esp. to money paid in recompense → 1820 NZ sl.
n. 2. a peep → 1897 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► A HOOT n. something or someone very funny or amusing → 1942 sl., orig. US
► HOOT-AND-HIDE n. hide and seek → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HOOTCH n. poor-quality drink; chiefly applied to illicitly distilled whisky or other spirits → 1897 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
► HOOTCHEE n. 1.  a whoremonger → E20 US sl.
n. 2. the penis → M20 US sl.
► HOOTCHER n. a drunkard → M20 US sl.
► HOOTCHIE n. 1. a whoremonger → E20 US sl.
n. 2. the penis → M20 US sl.
► HOOTED adj. intoxicated with alcohol → 20C US sl.
► HOOTENANNY ON A SHINDIG phr. said to a child when he asks “What are you making?” → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HOOTER n. 1. the nose; a big nose → 1958 sl.
n. 2. a marijuana cigarette → 1960 US students’ sl.
n. 3. a drink of liquor → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
n. 4. cocaine → 2006 US drug culture sl. (Bk.)
► HOOTERED adj. drunk → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HOOTERS n. the human breasts → 1980 US sl.
► HOOTMALALIE n. nonsense → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOOTOO n. applied esp. to money paid in recompense → 1820 NZ sl.
► HOOTY adj. excellent, delightful, amusing → 1980 US sl.
► HOOTYCACKLE FOR A RAMSHACKLE TO MAKE A SHAM GO ROUND phr. said to a child when he asks “What are you making?” → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HOOVER vb. to perform oral sex on the penis → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► HOOVERING n. an abortion → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HOOVERISM n. an act of fellatio → M20 US sl.
► HOOVERIZE vb. to be sparing or economical, esp. in the use of food → 1917 US
► HOO-WEE! int. used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. → 1882 Amer. dial.
► HOOZER n. anything unusually large → 19C Eng. dial.
► HOOZY-POOZY adj. wasting time → 19C Eng. dial.
► HOP n. 1. opium → 1887 US sl.
n. 2. any drug or narcotics, including marijuana → E20 US drug culture sl.
n. 3. a police officer → 1916 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘cop’
n. 4. beer → 1929 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
vb. 1. to intoxicate; to make dead drunk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to travel in an airplane → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOP-AND-GO-KICK n. one who walks lame → 1860 sl.
► HOP A PLANE vb. to travel in an airplane → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOP A RATTLER vb. to catch a train → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOPELESS adj. ineffectual, incompetent → 1922 sl.
► HOPFEST n. a beer-drinking party → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HOP-FIEND n. an opium addict or seller → L19 US drug culture sl.
► HOP-HEAD n. 1. an opium addict or seller → L19 US drug culture sl.
n. 2. a drug addict → 1911 US sl.
n. 3. a drinker of beer → 1942 Aust. & NZ sl.
► HOP HEADLESS vb. to have the head struck off, to be beheaded → 1330 obs.
► HOP-HOG n. an opium addict or seller → L19 US drug culture sl.
► HOP IN A PERSON’S NECK vb. to have revenge on him → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HOP-JOINT n. an opium den → E20 US drug culture sl.
► HOPKINS a lame or limping person → L18 sl.
► HOP LAYOUT n. 1. an opium den → L19 sl.
n. 2. the various accoutrements – pipe, box, needle, etc. – required for smoking opium → L19 drug culture sl.
► HOP-MERCHANT n. an opium addict or seller → L19 US drug culture sl.
► HOP-O’-MY-THUMB n. 1. a little diminutive person; a dwarf, a pygmy → 1530
n. 2. a fop, a dandy → 19C Eng. dial.
► HOP ON vb. to coit a woman → 20C Brit. & US sl.
► HOPPED adj. 1. intoxicated with alcohol, esp. with beer → 20C sl.
adj. 2. intoxicated with narcotics, orig. with opium; now with any drugs including marijuana → 1924
► HOPPED UP adj. 1. drunk → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
adj. 2. full of vigour and enthusiasm → 1923 US sl.
adj. 3. intoxicated with narcotics, orig. with opium; now with any drugs including marijuana → 1924 US drug culture sl.
adj. 4. impatient → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOPPER n. 1. a shock absorber on a car → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. a toilet → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HOPPERGRASS n. a grasshopper → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HOPPER-HIPPED adj. 1. lame in the hip → 1500 obs.
adj. 2. having large buttocks → 1672
► HOPPING-GILES n. one who limps; a lame person → 19C Eng. dial.
► HOPPING MAD adj. angry → 1675 orig. Eng. dial. & US
► HOPPLE n. the short stem on which the berries grow → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HOPPY adj. relating to drugs or drug users → 1942 US sl.
n. an opium addict → 1922 US sl.
► HOPS int. an exclamation for a winning throw in darts → 1930 darts players’ sl.
n. beer → 1929 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
► HOP-SCOTCH n. Scotch whisky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. to jump or travel about from place to place → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► HOP STORY n.  an incredible story → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOP THE BROOMSTICK vb. to get married; to step over a broomstick together as a ceremony symbolizing marriage or common-law marriage → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HOP THE CHARLEY vb. to decamp → M19 rhyming sl. (Charley Wag)
► HOP THE PERCH vb. to die → 1791 sl.
► HOP THE STICK vb. to die → 1797 sl.
► HOP THE TWIG vb.  to die → 1797 sl.
► HOP THE WAG vb. to play truant → 1861 sl.
► HOP TOY n. a container used for smoking opium → 1881 US sl.
► HOP UP vb. to intoxicate; to make dead drunk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)