• HOT
adj. 1. 1225 – angry → UK
adj. 2. 1500 – feeling sexual desire, lustful → sl.
adj. 3. a1616 – drunk, tipsy → sl.
adj. 4. 1618 – dangerous for criminal activity → UK
adj. 5. 1855 – especially rich in minerals or other deposits; profitable → Amer. mining sl.
adj. 6. 1864 – under enemy → US sl.
adj. 7. 1866 – absolute first-rate, splendid, excellent; good or well; fashionably attractive → Amer. sl.
adj. 8. 1882 – backed up or generating heavy betting; hence, likely to win → Amer. colloq.
adj. 8. 1887 – wonderfully lively or exciting → Amer. sl.
adj. 10. 1888 – of people: exuberant, flamboyant, or daring in the pursuit of pleasure; uninhibited, wild → Amer. sl.
adj. 11. 1892 – of books, entertainment, etc.: sexually stimulating, erotic, pornographic → Amer. sl.
adj. 12. 1896 – urgent, pressing; important (often with an implication of some danger) → Amer. sl.
adj. 13. 19C – infected with a venereal disease → colloq.
adj. 14. 1908 – of news, information, etc.: latest, novel; fresh → Amer. sl.
adj. 15. 1914 – highly skilled or capable → sl.
adj. 16. 1924 – of jazz: traditional and spirited, as opposed to modern → US sl.
adj. 17. 1925 sl. – said of stolen articles that are easily identifiable and therefore difficult to dispose of → sl.
adj. 18. 1929-31 – sexually attractive, sexy → Amer. sl.
adj. 19. 1931 – liable to arrest; wanted by the police → sl.
adj. 20. 1934 – fast; having or conferring unusual speed, power, or performance, esp. if also requiring unusual skill in operation → Amer. sl.
adj. 21. Bk1942 – impatient → Amer. sl.
adj. 22. 1944 – of an airplane: designed so as to land at high speed → Amer. sl.
adj. 23. 1946 – brief, quick → Amer. sl.
adj. 24. 1956 – having a high security classification US Air Force usage
adj. 25. 1961 – popular → US sl.
adj. 26. 1962 – of a weapons system: activated, armed → US sl.
adj. 27. 1977 – of a striptease dance: very sexual → US sl.
adj. 28. 1977 – of a set in the television and film industries: fully prepared for filming → US sl.
adj. 29. 1989 – of a female: slutty, wild → Amer. college sl.
adj. 30. 1996 – suspect → UK sl.
adj. 31. 2002 – poisoned → UK sl.
adj. 32. 2003 – dangerous to other criminals because of co-operation with the police → US sl.
n. 1926 – a hot meal → US sl.
vb. Bk1913 – to heat → Amer. dial.
• HOT AIR
n. 1. 1873 – pretentious or misleading talk; nonsense → sl., orig. US
n. 2. Bk1942 – boasting → Amer. sl.
n. 3. E20 – gas from the intestines → colloq.
• HOT AIR GUN
n. 1902 – a source of boastful talk or insubstantial claims, imagine as a gun → US colloq.
• HOT AND BOTHERED
adj. 1. 1921 – frenzied, having lost one’s composure → sl.
adj. 2. Bk1942 – bewildered; perplexed; baffled → Amer. sl.
adj. 3. 20C – lustful; ‘horny’ → Amer. sl.
• HOT AND COLD
n. M20 – heroin and cocaine → US drug culture sl.
• HOT AND HEAVY
n. Bk1942 – a passionate sweetheart → Amer. sl.
• HOT-ARSED
adj. 1683 – lustful; sexually aroused, sexually arousing → sl.
• HOT ARTICLE
n. Bk1942 – an attractive young woman → Amer. sl.
• HOT AS A MINK
adj. Bk1913 – very warm → Amer. dial.
• HOT AS A RED WAGON
adj. Bk1913-17 – very drunk → Amer. dial.
• HOT AS BELIX
adj. 1955 – very hot → Amer. dial.
• HOT AS BILLY HELL
adj. 1965 – very hot → Amer. dial.
• HOT AS BLUE BLAZES
adj. 1908 – extremely hot → Amer. dial.
• HOT AS BUGGERY
adj. 1940s – very hot → sl.
• HOT AS MAPP’S MILL-YARD
adj. 1965 – very hot → Barbados sl.
• HOT AS THE HINGES OF TOPHET
adj. 1957 – very hot → Amer. dial.
• HOT BABY
n. Bk1942 – an attractive young woman → Amer. sl.
• HOT-BACKED
adj. 1607 – lustful, promiscuous → obs.
• HOT BED
n. 1. 1693 – (usually as ‘hotbed’) a place that promotes the rapid growth or development of any phenomenon, esp. of something harmful or undesirable
n. 2. 1945 – a bed in a flop-house (cheap lodging-house) which is used continuously by different people throughout the day, and hence to a flop-house containing such beds → US sl.
vb. 1826 – (usually as ‘hotbed’) to promote the rapid growth or development of a person or thing
• HOT BEEF
int. 1879 – stop, thief! → Brit. rhyming sl.
n. 1. 19C – the female genitals → sl.
n. 2. 20C – a prostitute → sl.
n. 3. M20 – an expanse of exposed female flesh → US sl.
• HOT BLAST
n. Bk1942 – boasting → Amer. sl.
• HOT-BLOODED
adj. a1616 – passionate; hot-tempered
• HOT-BOT
n. 1920 – a highly sexed or over-sexed girl → sl.
• HOT BOX
n. 1. 1873 – a swelteringly hot room, building, or enclosed space → orig. US
n. 2. 1942 – the female genitals → Amer. sl.
• HOT-BRAIN
n. 1605 – an impetuous, rash, or reckless person
• HOT-BRAINED
adj. 1556 – impetuous, rash, reckless; of a fiery temperament
• HOT CACK
adj. 20C – very good → Aust. sl.
• HOTCH
n. 1721 – a jerk or jolt; a shrug → Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 1. c1440 – to move jerkily up and down; to shift about with discomfort or impatience; to fidget → Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. 1782 – to swarm → Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HOTCHA
adj. 1. 1924 – vivacious, attractive, desirable; flashy, showy → sl., chiefly US
adj. 2. 1930 – of music, esp. jazz: exciting, lively; marked by a strong rhythm
int. 1931 – an exclamation of enthusiastic approval or delight
• HOT-CHA-CHA!
int. 1929 – an exclamation of enthusiasm and delight
• HOTCHA HEAP
n. Bk1942 – a fast car → Amer. sl.
• THE HOT CHAIR
n. 1925 – the electric chair → sl.
• HOTCHEE
n. 1950s – the penis → sl., orig. US military usage
• HOTCHIE
n. 1. 1950s – the penis → sl., orig. US military usage
n. 2. E20 – a whoremonger → US sl.
• HOTCHI-WITCHI
n. 1843 – the hedgehog → Romani usage
• HOT CHOCOLATE
n. M20 – a sexually attractive Black woman → US sl.
• HOTCHPOT
adj. 1588 – confused, jumbled; inconsistent → obs.
n. c1405 – a confused mixture of disparate things; a jumble, a medley
• HOTCHPOTCH
adj. 1556 – confused, jumbled; inconsistent
n. c1410 – a confused mixture of disparate things; a jumble, a medley
vb. 1576 – to jumble up or together indiscriminately
• HOT COCK
n. c1940 – utter nonsense → Aust. sl.
• HOT COCKLES
n. a1627 – sexual intercourse → obs.
• HOT COPPERS
n. 19C – the parched throat to be expected after a drinking-bout → sl.
• HOT COPY
n. 1942 – a late news item → Amer. sl.
• HOT CORNER
n. 1854 – a position in which one is threatened or bullied → sl.
• HOT CRATE
n. 1. 1942 – a fast car → Amer. sl.
n. 2. 1943 – a fast airplane → Amer. sl.
• HOT CROSS BUN
adj. 20C – on the run (from the police) → rhyming sl.
n. 1. L19 – a son → theatrical rhyming sl.
n. 2. 1910s – a Red Cross ambulance → World War I army sl.
• A HOT CUP OF TEA
n. c1880 – ‘hot stuff’; a person very excellent, skilful, or energetic at a game, etc. → sl.
• HOT DAMN!
int. 1929 – an exclamation expressing anger, alarm, excitement, etc. → sl., chiefly US
• HOT DEAL!
int. 1960s – I approve! → Amer. sl.
• HOT DIGGETY!
int. 1924 – an exclamation of delight or exultation → US sl.
• HOT DIGGETY DOG!
int. 1923 – an exclamation of delight or exultation US sl.
• HOT DISH
n. 1. Bk1942 – an attractive young woman → Amer. sl.
n. 2. Bk1942 – something excellent → Amer. sl.
• HOT DOG
adj. 1896 – of outstanding quality or merit; skilful; flashy, ostentatious → US sl.
int. 1906 – an exclamation of delight or exultation → US sl.
n. 1. 1894 – a flashy, ostentatiously successful person; a show-off; later, also, a person proficient at a sport → sl., orig. US
n. 2. c1960 – in surfing: a Malibu board, i.e. a wide, not very large, board, made of ‘foam’ and sheathed with fibreglass → Aust. sl.
vb. 1959 – to show off; to display one’s abilities or accomplishments in a boastful manner; to perform with ostentatious skill → US & Aust. sl.
• HOT-DOGGERY
n. 1962 – showing off, hot-dogging → sl.
• HOT-DOGGING
n. 1929 – a showing off or boastfully displaying one’s abilities or accomplishments → sl., chiefly US & Aust.
• HOT DOPE
n. 1942 – the latest news or information → Amer. sl.
• HOT DUCK IN A CANOE
n. 1935 – a detective in an automobile → Amer. sl.
• HOTE
n. 1. a1000 – a promise, a vow → obs.
n. 2. a1350 – a command, an order → obs.
• HOTEL
n. 19C – the female genitals → Brit. sl.
• HOTEL HOTSY
n. E20 – a prostitute → US sl.
• HOTEN
adj. a1325 – promised → obs.
• HOT FLASH
n. 1. 20C – a sudden spell of sweating, dilation of the blood vessels in the skin of the head and chest area, and a suffocating feeling; experienced by woman during menopause → colloq.
n. 2. M20 – a sudden spasm of sexual passion or arousal → US colloq.
• HOT-FOOT
adj. 1582 – swift, speedy; acting with haste or promptness
adv. c1300 – with rapid or eager pace; hastily
n. 1869 – prompt or rapid action or movement; a quick escape → US sl.
vb. 1. 1896 – to make haste; to depart hurriedly → orig. US
vb. 2. 1902 – to pursue closely; to chase at a rapid pace → orig. US
• HOT-FOOTED
adj. 1844 – quick, hasty; rushed, hurried
• HOT-FOOT IT
vb. Bk1942 – to depart hurriedly → Amer. sl.
• HOT FOR SOMEONE
adj. M20 – sexually aroused for someone → Amer. sl.
• HOT FROM THE MILL-EYE
adj. Bk1905 – newly made → Eng. dial.
• HOT FURNACE
n. Bk1942 – California → Amer. sl.
• HOTHEAD
n. 1584 – an impetuous or bad-tempered person
• HOT-HEADED
adj. 1. 1603 – having an impetuous or fiery temperament; impulsive, headstrong; bad-tempered
adj. 2. 1680 – under the influence of alcohol → obs.
• HOT-HOUSE
n. 20C – a brothel → sl.
• HOTI
n. 1. 1646 – a cause, a reason; a piece of reasoning or inference → obs.
n. 2. 1653 – an assertion, a fact
• HOT IN THE BISCUIT
adj. E20 – sexually simulated; ready to copulate → US criminals’ sl.
• HOT IRON
n. Bk1942 – a fast car → Amer. sl.
• HOT ITEM
n. 1980s – a couple having a romantic relationship → Amer. sl.
• HOT JOB
n. Bk1942 – an attractive young woman → Amer. sl.
• HOT JOINT
n. 1920s – somewhere that is robbed while the owners are in occupation → US tramps’ sl.
• HOT-KNIFE
vb. 1980s – to smoke cannabis from a heated knife; the fumes are sucked up through a broken-off milk bottle neck → drug culture sl.
• HOTLANTA
n. 1970s – Atlanta, Georgia → US sl.
• HOT LAY
n. 1. E20 – a sexually loose woman → US sl.
n. 2. E20 – a passionate act of copulation → US sl.
• HOT LAYOUT
n. Bk1942 – an attractive young woman → US sl.
• HOT-LIPS
n. 1. 1922 – an energetic or exciting jazz trumpeter → sl.
n. 2. 1938 – the lips of a person who kisses passionately; an attractive or sexy person; one who is a passionate kisser → sl.
• HOT-LIVERED
adj. 1. 1594 – having a red face, attributed to drunkenness → obs.
adj. 2. 1599 – excitable, irascible, bad-tempered
• HOTLOAD
n. 1970s – a powerful firearm cartridge → US sl.
• HOT LOOKER
n. Bk1942 – something beautiful or attractive → Amer. sl.
• HOT MAIL
n. 1989 – mail that gets preferential treatment, such as first-class and priority → Amer. sl.
• HOT-MAKING
adj. 1931 – embarrassing → UK colloq.
• HOT MAMMA
n. 1934 – an attractive girl with plenty of sex appeal → Amer. sl.
• HOT MEAT
n. 1. 19C – the female genitals → sl.
n. 2. 20C – a prostitute → sl.
n. 3. M20 – an expanse of exposed female flesh → US sl.
• HOT MEMBER
n. 1. 19C – a lascivious man or woman → Brit. & US sl.
n. 2. Bk1942 – an attractive young woman → Amer. sl.
• HOT MESS
n. 1. 1818 – a warm meal, esp. one served to a group
n. 2. 1867 – an uncomfortable, difficult, or challenging situation
n. 3. 1899 – someone or something in extreme confusion or disorder → sl., chiefly US
• HOT-METTLED
adj. 1648 – having a passionate, impetuous, or fiery temperament
• HOT-MOUTHED
adj. 1609 – foul-mouthed; using angry or abusive speech → colloq.
• HOT MUTT
n. Bk1942 – a bloodhound → Amer. sl.
• HOT MUTTON
n. 1. 19C – the female genitals → sl.
n. 2. 20C – a prostitute → sl.
n. 3. M20 – an expanse of exposed female flesh → US sl.
• HOTNOT
n. 1939 – a coloured person → S. Afr., derogatory & offensive
• HOT NUMBER
n. Bk1942 – an attractive young woman → US sl.
• HOT NUTS
n. 1. E20 – a nickname for a lascivious man → US sl.
n. 2. M20 – pain in the testicles → sl.
• HOT OFF
adj. Bk1942 – new; novel → Amer. sl.
• HOT OFF THE FIRE
adj. Bk1942 – new; novel → Amer. sl.
• HOT ON
adj. 1865 – fond of; enthusiastic about; liking
• HOT ONE
n. 1. Bk1942 – a fast throw → Amer. sl.
n. 2. Bk1942 – something excellent → Amer. sl.
• HOT PANTS
adj. 1927 – lustful, having a strong sexual appetite; sexually aroused → US colloq.
n. 1. 1929 – strong sexual desire → orig. & chiefly US colloq.
n. 2. 1938 – a person who is lustful or has a strong sexual appetite → orig. & chiefly US colloq.
n. 2. E20 – a sexually desirable girl or woman → Amer. sl.
• HOT-PANTSED
adj. 1971 – lustful, having a strong sexual appetite; sexually aroused
• HOT PATOOTIE
n. 1. 1923 – a sexually attractive woman → Amer. sl.
n. 2. 1935 – a sweetheart or wife → Amer. dial.
• HOT PIECE OF MERCHANDISE
n. Bk1942 – an attractive young woman → Amer. sl.
• HOT PIECE OF WORK
n. Bk1942 – an attractive young woman → Amer. sl.
• HOT PIG
n. 1984 – a ceramic hot-water bottle, heated brick, or similar object used to apply heat to the body → Amer. dial.
• HOT PISS
n. 1578 – a urinary or venereal disease
• HOTPOT
n. 1904 – a heavily backed favourite → horse racing sl., chiefly Aust.
• HOT POTATO
n. 1. 1909 – a waiter → UK sl.
n. 2. 1952 – something difficult or painful to deal with; a controversial or awkward matter or situation
• HOT PROPOSITION
n. Bk1942 – an attractive young woman → Amer. sl.
• HOT-REINED
adj. 1635 – eager, keen; fiery, impetuous → obs.
• HOT ROCKS
n. 1. M20 – a prostitute → Amer. sl.
n. 2. M20 – pain in the testicles → Amer. sl.
• HOT-ROD
n. M20 – the penis → US sl.
vb. M20 – to masturbate → US sl.
• HOT ROLL WITH CREAM
n. 19C – copulation → Brit. sl.
• THE HOTS
n. 1947 – strong sexual desire → sl., orig. US
• THE HOT SEAT
n. 1. 1925 – the electric chair → US colloq.
n. 2. 1930 – a position of responsibility, esp. one in which difficulties are faced and towards which public attention is directed → orig. US
• HOT SHIT
adj. 1967 – outstanding; skilful; exciting → sl.
int. c1940 – expressing excitement, enthusiasm, or surprise → sl.
n. 1960 – an outstanding or exciting person or thing → sl., orig. US
• HOT SHIT ON A STICK
n. 1965 – an important or consequential person or thing; a braggart; a big deal → Amer. dial.
• HOT SHOE
n. 1955 – a racing-car driver, esp. a skilled one → US sl.
• HOTSHOT
n. 1. 1593 – a person who is eager to shoot with a firearm; a reckless or hot-headed person → obs.
n. 2. 1922 – a fast train → US sl.
n. 3. 1927 – in sport: an exceptionally skilled player, esp. in a sport which requires shooting (at a goal, target, etc.); an accomplished or successful scorer → colloq., orig. US
n. 4. 1933 – a skilled person; an important or exceptionally capable person → colloq.
n. 5. 1936 – a dose of poison or an overdose of a narcotic deliberately given to kill a drug addict → US sl.
n. 6. Bk1942 – a nickname for a fast or energetic person → Amer. sl.
n. 7. Bk1942 – a fast car → Amer. sl.
n. 8. Bk1942 – a fast throw → Amer. sl.
• HOT SKETCH
n. 1. Bk1942 – something beautiful or attractive → Amer. sl.
n. 2. Bk1942 – an attractive girl → Amer. college sl.
• HOT-SKULL
n. 1835 – an impetuous or bad-tempered person → obs.
• HOT SLOUGH
n. 1920s – somewhere that is robbed while the owners are in occupation → US tramps’ sl.
• HOT SOCK
n. Bk1942 – a fast throw → Amer. sl.
• HOT SPIT
n. 1. Bk1942 – something beautiful or attractive → Amer. sl.
n. 2. Bk1942 – something excellent → Amer. sl.
• HOT SPOT
n. 1941 – a place of trouble → sl.
• HOTSPUR
adj. 1586 – of a fiery temperament; hasty, rash
n. 1403 – a rash or impetuous person
• HOT-SPURRED
adj. 1573 – of a fiery temperament; hasty, rash
• THE HOT SQUAT
n. 1928 – the electric chair → sl.
• HOT-STUFF
adj. 1. 1928 – accomplished, skilful; exciting, alluring
adj. 2. Bk1942 – excellent; first-rate → Amer. sl.
(nouns as ‘hot stuff’)
n. 1. 1823 – strong or intoxicating alcoholic liquor, esp. whisky or rum → colloq., orig. US
n. 2. 1884 – a sexually attractive person, usually also implying promiscuity → sl.
n. 3. 1884 – a remarkable or exceptional person or thing → sl., orig. US
n. 4. 1924 – stolen goods → sl.
n. 5. Bk1942 – something heavy → Amer. sl.
vb. 1914 – (usually as ‘hot-stuff’) to steal or scrounge → services’ sl.
• HOT-STUFFED
adj. 1929 – stolen → sl.
• HOT-STUFFER
n. 1929 – a thief → Amer. sl.
• HOTSY
adj. Bk1942 – excellent; first-rate → Amer. sl.
• HOTSY-TOTSY
adj. 1924 – wonderful, delightful; just right, satisfactory; later, pretentiously fashionable → sl., orig. US
• HOTTE
n. a1325 – a shed ,a hut → obs.
• HOTTED UP
adj. 1923 – excited, worked up; intensified → colloq.
• HOT-TEMPERED
adj. 1. 1673 – passionate, lustful → obs.
adj. 2. a1791 – bad-tempered, irascible
• HOTTENTOT
adj. 1828 – uncivilized, unrefined → derogatory & offensive
n. 1710 – a person of inferior intellect or culture; an uncivilized or ignorant person → derogatory & offensive
vb. 1806 – to become or live as a person without civilization or culture → offensive, obs.
• HOTTENTOT GOD
n. 1785 – the praying mantis → S. Afr.
• HOTTENTOTIC
adj. 1900 – unrefined, uncivilized → derogatory & offensive
• HOTTENTOTISH
adj. 1804 – unrefined, uncivilized → derogatory & offensive
• HOTTER
n. 1. 1804 – a shaking, a jolting; the rattling sound produced by this → orig. & chiefly Sc.
n. 2. 1834 – a seething mass; a crowd; also, a rash, a skin eruption → Sc.
n. 3. 1923 – the bubbling made by a boiling liquid → Sc.
vb. 1. c1650 – to move unsteadily, to totter; to jolt about, as a vehicle on a rough road; to move in an uneven, jerky manner
vb. 2. 1801 – of liquid, etc.: to seethe, to bubble, to boil steadily → Sc.
vb. 3. 1805 – to cluster in a confused mass; to crowd together; to swarm → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 4. 1828 – to mutter; to stammer → N. Eng. dial.
vb. 5. 1857 – to tremble with impatience, excitement, anger, etc.; to shiver with cold or fear; to shake with laughter → Sc.
• HOTTER THAN A SHEARER’S ARMPIT
adj. 20C – of the weather: very hot → Aust. sl.
• HOTTER THAN A SKUNK
adj. Bk1913-17 – extremely intoxicated → Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN BILLY BE DAMNED
adj. 1958 – very hot → Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN BILLY BLUE
adj. 1969 – very hot → Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN BILLY HELL
adj. Bk1942 – hot → Amer. sl.
• HOTTER THAN BLAZES
adj. Bk1942 – hot → Amer. sl.
• HOTTER THAN BLIXEN
adj. 1968 – very hot → Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN BLUE BLAZES
adj. 1965 – extremely hot → Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN BLUE HELL
adj. 1967 – very hot → Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN HADES
adj. Bk1942 – hot → Amer. sl.
• HOTTER THAN HELL
adj. Bk1942 – hot → Amer. sl.
• HOTTER THAN HELL’S BACK-KITCHEN
adj. 1949 – extremely hot → Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN KILLBLAZES
adj. 1905 – hotter than hell → Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN LOVE IN HAYIN’-TIME
adj. Bk1913-17 – extremely intoxicated → Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN OLD BILLY HELL
adj. Bk1942 – hot → Amer. sl.
• HOTTER THAN THE HINGES OF HELL
adj. Bk1942 – hot → Amer. sl.
• HOTTERY
adj. 1796 – of a road or journey: rough, bumpy → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HOT TICKET
n. 1936 – a person or thing that is currently very popular or in great demand → colloq., orig. US theatre usage
• HOTTING
n. 1991 – joyriding in stolen high-performance cars, esp. dangerously and for show → Brit. sl.
• HOTTING-UP
n. 1940 – an increase in tension, excitement, passion, etc.
• HOT TIP
n. 1949 – an important piece of inside information → Amer. sl.
• HOT TOWN
n. 1970s – Atlanta, Georgia → US sl.
• HOTTY
n. 1. 1910 – a skilled, successful, or important person → Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 2. 1913 – a sexually attractive person → sl., orig. Aust.
n. 3. 1947 – a hot-water bottle → orig. Aust. & NZ
• HOT UNDER THE COLLAR
adj. 1895 – angry → sl.
• HOT UP
vb. 1936 – to increase in vigour, liveliness, or excitement → Brit. sl.
• HOT WATER STATE
n. Bk1942 – Arkansas → Amer. sl.
• HOT WAX
n. 1960s – a very popular phonograph record → Amer. sl.
• HOT-WIRE
vb. 1966 – to steal a vehicle by bypassing its ignition system → sl., orig. Amer.
• HOTZICKITY!
int. 1909 – an exclamation of joy or surprise → Amer. dial.
• HOT ZIG!
int. 1949 – an exclamation of joy or surprise → Amer. dial.
• HOT ZIGGEDY! • HOT ZIGGETTY! • HOT ZIGGETY! • HOT ZIGGITY!
int. 1924 – an exclamation of delight or exultation → US sl.
• HOT ZIGGEDY DOG! • HOT ZIGGETTY DOG! • HOT ZIGGETY DOG! • HOT ZIGGITY DOG!
int. 1924 – an exclamation of delight or exultation → US sl.
• HOT ZIGGETY-DAMN!
int. 1924 – an exclamation of joy or surprise → Amer. dial.
• HOT ZIGGETY DOD!
int. 1965 – an exclamation of joy or surprise → Amer. dial.
• HOUCHIN
n. 1746 – an owl → Eng. dial.
• HOUDINI
vb. 1923 – to escape
• HOUGH
vb. 1600 – to clear the throat; to hawk → obs.
• HOUGHFUL
adj. 970 – careful; anxious, sorrowful → obs.
• HOUGHMAGANDY
n. a1700 – fornication → Sc. rare
• HOU-HA
n. 1931 – a fuss → sl.
• HOUNCY-JOUNCY
adj. Bk1857 – awkward → Eng. dial.
adv. Bk1866 – in a clumsy, jumbling manner → Eng. dial.
• HOUND
n. 1. Bk1913-17 – a term of disparagement → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1950s – the bus → Amer. sl.
► HOUNDSFOOT n. a scoundrel; a rascal; a worthless fellow; a term of contempt → 1710 obs.
• HOUND THE BEEF
vb. 1980s – to cruise for sex → Amer. sl.
• HOUNTAGE
n. c1390 – shame, disgrace → obs.
• HOUNTEE
n. c1330 – insult, abuse; also, shame, ignominy → obs.
• HOURI
n. 1745 – a voluptuously beautiful woman
• HOUSAL
adj. 1611 – relating to a house or household; domestic
• HOUSE
n. 1. 1865 – a brothel → Amer. sl.
n. 2. 1921 – the audience at a theatre → Amer. sl.
n. 3. 1980s – a kind of dance music derived from soul, rock, and jazz, with a strong percussive bear, originally a Black Chicago style → Amer. sl.
• HOUSE AND HALL
adv. 1827 – entirely, completely → Sc.
• HOUSE APE
n. 1980s – a small child; an infant → Amer. sl.
• HOUSE BIRD
n. 1601 – a person who stays in or about the house; a cowardly or unadventurous person; later, a woman who devotes herself to domestic duties
• HOUSEBREACH
n. a1000 – the crime of breaking in a house, esp. in order to assault its occupants
• HOUSE-CLEANING
n. 1928 – a reorganization of a business or government department, esp. with dismissal of incompetent or dishonest employees → Amer. colloq.
• HOUSE-COP
n. a1425 – the top of a house, the roof → obs.
• HOUSECRAFT
n. 1848 – the art of household management; skill in domestic duties
• HOUSE-DOVE
n. 1579 – a person, esp. a woman, who stays in the house or who prefers to be at home rather than to travel, participate in social activities, etc.; a homebody; a cautious or unadventurous person
• HOUSEFAST
adj. 1. c1275 – of a person: owning or living in a house → obs.
adj. 2. 1855 – confined to the house, as by illness etc. → chiefly Eng. dial.
• HOUSE-FATHER
n. 1. 1552 – the father of a family or household
n. 2. B1900 – the male head of a community or collection of persons living together as a family
• HOUSE-FELLOW
n. 1. 1866 – a wife → Eng. dial.
n. 2. B1900 – a fellow servant → Eng. dial.
• HOUSE HEAD
n. 1. a1600 – the roof of a house → Sc.
n. 2. 1864 – the principal member of a family or household
• HOUSEHOLDMENTS
n. 1676 – household furniture; household effects
• HOUSE IN THE SUBURBS
n. Bk1904 – a brothel → sl.
• HOUSELET
n. 1802 – a small house
• HOUSE-LEW
n. a1000 – shelter of a house → obs.
• HOUSE-LEWTH
n. c1430 – house shelter → obs.
• HOUSELING
n. 1. 1598 – a person usually stays in the house or near to home; a cautious or unadventurous person
n. 2. 1611 – an animal which is reared by a person; a domesticated animal → Eng. dial., obs.
• HOUSELORD
n. 1. a1000 – the lord or master of the house → arch.
n. 2. 1834 – the owner of a rented house; a landlord who lets a house, apartment, etc.
• HOUSEMAN
n. 1. 1537 – the head of a household or family → obs.
n. 2. 1843 – a man who lives in a house → colloq.
n. 3. 1843 – a man who lives in a house → colloq.
n. 4. 1904 – a burglar → US sl.
• HOUSEMASTER
n. 1. 1593 – the male head of a family, household, or clan
n. 2. 1839 – a teacher responsible for the welfare of pupils in a house at a boarding school or public school
• HOUSEMISTRESS
n. 1. 1689 – the female head of a family or household; the mistress of the house
n. 2. 1884 – a woman responsible for the welfare of pupils in a school or similar institution, esp. one for girls
• HOUSEMONGER
n. 1604 – a dealer in or seller of houses
• HOUSE MOSS
n. 1940s – the tufts and whorls of dust that accumulate under beds, tables, etc. → Amer. sl.
• HOUSE OF ACCOMMODATION
n. 1891 – a brothel → sl.
• HOUSE OF ASSIGNATION
n. 1714 – a house where lovers meet secretly, or where prostitutes meet their clients → arch.
• HOUSE OF CARDS
n. 1641 – any insecure or unsubstantial scheme, system, etc.
• HOUSE OF CIVIL RECEPTION
n. Bk1902 – a brothel → sl.
• HOUSE OF CLAY
n. 1. 1557 – a grave → obs.
n. 2. 1682 – the human body, esp. considered as a vessel for the soul or spirit → obs.
• HOUSE OF EASE
n. 1731 – a privy → obs.
• HOUSE OF EASEMENT
n. 1513 – a privy → obs.
• HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT
n. 1738 – an inn for travellers → US
• HOUSE OF EVIL FAME
n. 1821 – a brothel → obs.
• HOUSE OF ILL FAME
n. 1654 – a brothel → arch.
• HOUSE OF ILL REPUTE
n. a1726 – a brothel → arch.
• HOUSE OF LEWDNESS
n. 20C – a brothel → US colloq.
• HOUSE OF LORDS
n. 1961 – a men’s urinal; a lavatory → Brit. euphemism or jocular usage
• HOUSE OF OFFICE
n. 1652 – a privy → Brit.
• HOUSE OF PROFESSION
n. 17C – a brothel
• HOUSE OF RESORT
n. 17C – a brothel
• HOUSE OF SALE
n. 17C – a brothel
• HOUSE OF SECURITY
n. 20C – the female genitals, esp. the vagina → US sl.
• HOUSE OF WAR
n. 1581 – a fortified building or place → obs.
• HOUSER
n. 1. a1400 – a person who builds a house; a builder
n. 2. a1522 – a covering, esp. of cloth or the like → obs.
n. 3. 1871 – a person who makes their home somewhere; a dweller, an inhabitant
• HOUSESHIP
n. a1000 – household, family → obs.
• HOUSE-SHOULDERED
adj. 1552 – having shoulders sloping on each side like the roof of a house → obs.
• HOUSE-SIN
n. 1645 – a private or secret sin → obs.
• HOUSESTEAD
n. a1000 – a place or piece of ground on which a house stands; the site of a house
• HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
n. Bk1891 – a prison → sl.
• HOUSE TO LET
n. 1. M17 – the vagina → sl.
n. 2. 18C – a widow → sl.
n. 3. 18C – a widow’s weeds → sl.
• HOUSE UNDER THE HILL
n. 19C – the female genitals → Brit. sl.
• HOUSEWIFE
n. 1. 19C – the female genitals → Brit. sl.
n. 2. Bk1985 – a bag or pocket for sewing materials → US
• HOUSEWIFERY
n. 1740 – the business of the mistress of a family → US
• HOUSEWRIGHT
n. 1549 – a builder of houses, especially of timber → rare
• HOUSTY
n. 1855 – a sore throat → Eng. dial. obs.
• HOUT
n. 1820 – applied esp. to money paid in recompense → NZ sl.
vb. Bk1913-17 – to nag, to annoy, to vex, to worry → Amer. dial.
• HOVABLE
adj. 1508 – advantageous, suitable → obs.
• HOVE
n. 1. c1440 – lees, dregs, sediment of oil, ale, etc. → obs.
n. 2. c1540 – a tarrying or lingering → obs.
vb. 1. c1220 – to remain in a suspended or floating condition, as a bird in the air, or a boat on water; to be poised, to hover → obs.
vb. 2. c1220 – to wait, to tarry, to linger, to stay, to remain → obs.
vb. 3. c1480 – to raise, to lift → obs.
vb. 4. 1590 – to rise; to swell up → obs.
vb. 5. 1601 – to swell, to inflate, to puff up or out → obs.
• HOVERLY
adv. 1549 – lightly; slightly → obs.
• HOW!
int. 1910s – a drinking toast; ‘here’s to your health’ → Amer. World War I sl.
• HOW ABOUT THAT!
int. 1939 – an exclamation of surprise, pleasure, admiration, etc. → Amer. sl.
• HOW ARE YOU HITTING THEM?
phr. 1897 – how are you? how are things going? → Amer. sl.
• HOW-CAME-YOU-SO? • HOW-COME-YOU-SO?
adj. 1. 1816 – drunk, tipsy → Brit. & US colloq.
adj. 2. 20C – pregnant → US colloq.
• HOW CHEER YOU?
phr. 1577 – how do you feel? how are you? → obs.
• HOWDAH
n. 1775 – a seat to hold two or more person, erected on the back of an elephant; usually fitted with a railing and a canopy → East India
• HOWDAH-WALLAH
n. 1864 – the driver of an elephant which has been fitted with a howdah → obs.
• HOWDIE
n. 1725 – a midwife → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HOW DO YOU GET THAT WAY?
int. Bk1942 – don’t be ridiculous! → Amer. sl.
• HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES?
phr. 1928 – what do you think of that, and what do you think you can do about it? → US sl.
• HOWDY DOODY
int. 1956 – how do you do? hello → Amer. sl.
vb. 1987 – to greet → Amer. sl.
• HOWDY-TOWDY
n. 1. B1900 – a young hen; one that has never laid → Eng. dial.
n. 2. B1900 – a young unmarried woman → Eng. dial.
• HOWE
adj. 1. a950 – prudent → obs.
adj. 2. a1500 – hollow, concave; deep, low → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 1. 1487 – a hole → Sc. & N. Eng. dial., obs.
n. 2. 1513 – the hold of a ship → obs.
n. 3. 1818 – the depth or middle of winter, the night, etc. → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HOWE-BACKED
adj. 1893 – sunken in the back → Eng. dial.
• HOWFING
n. a1513 – a clumsy, awkward, senseless person → Sc.
• HOWFUL
adj. 970 – careful; anxious, sorrowful → obs.
• HOWFULLY
adv. 1565 – carefully, anxiously → obs.
• HOWITZER
n. 1932 – in sport: a fast and powerful kick or strike of the ball
• HOWKER
n. 1860s – a sailor with two or more sweethearts → US Civil War usage
• HOWL
n. Bk1942 – something excellent → Amer. sl.
• HOWL AMONG (THE) WOLVES
vb. 1578 – to adapt oneself to one’s company, though one disapproves of it → obs.
• HOWLE
n. c1430 – an owl → obs.
• HOWLER
n. 1. 1844 – a person hired to wail at a funeral or the bedside of the dying
n. 2. 1872 – something excessive; a glaring blunder, esp. in an examination, etc. → sl.
n. 3. 1894 – a howling storm
n. 4. Bk1942 – a dog → Amer. sl.
n. 5. Bk1942 – something excellent → Amer. sl.
• HOWLET
n. c1450 – an owl, an owlet → Eng. dial.
• HOWL-HAMPER
n. B1900 – a jocose term for an empty or hungry stomach → Eng. dial.
• HOWLING
adj. Bk1942 – excellent; first-rate → Amer. sl.
• HOWLING BAGS
n. 1850 – trousers with a loud pattern → sl.
• HOW’S TRICKS
phr. 1915 – used as a greeting → orig. US
• HOW’S YOUR ASS?
phr. c1960 – used as a greeting → Amer. sl.
• HOW’S YOUR FATHER
n. 1983 – sexual intercourse → Brit. jocular usage
• HOW THE WORLD WAGS
phr. 1600 – how affairs are going
• HOW YOU DO TALK!
int. Bk1913-17 – exclamation of disapproval or disagreement → Amer. dial.
• HOY
n. 1607 – a heavy or clumsy person → jocular usage, obs.
vb. 1825 – to throw, to heave → orig. & chiefly Eng. dial.
• HOYDEN
adj. 1727 – uncouth, brash, boisterous
n. 1. 1572 – an unsophisticated, uneducated or socially awkward man; an uncouth or bad-mannered man; a boor → obs.
n. 2. 1656 – an uncouth or bad-mannered woman; a badly-behaved, brash, or boisterous young woman or girl
vb. 1696 – to behave in an uncouth, brash, or boisterous manner
• HOYDENISH
adj. 1734 – brash, boisterous
• HOXTER-POXTER
adv. 1865 – in great confusion; higgledy-piggledy → Sc.
• HOXTERS
n. Bk1903 – money → sl.
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