• HUA
n. 1950 – a term of general disapproval, applied to either sex → Aust. sl.
• HUB A DUB
n. 1777 – the noise made by the beating of a drum
• HUBBABOO
n. 1596 – a confused crying or yelling; a tumult, turmoil
• HUBBA-HUBBA!
int. 1944 – an exclamation of delight or exultation → US sl.
• HUBBER
n. 1920 – a stammer, a stutter → Sc.
vb. 1. 1808 – to stammer, to stutter; to talk continuously and boringly → Sc.
vb. 2. 1903 – to snarl, to growl; to make an inarticulate sound; to gobble, as of turkeys → Sc.
• HUBBER-BUBBER
adj. 1869 – in a state of excitement or rage
• HUBBISTEW
n. 1898 – a hubbub, stir, tumult; a flurry, excitement → Sc.
• HUBBLE-BUBBLE
n. 1. 1735 – a confused noise made by a talkative person who speaks quickly; empty tattle
n. 2. 1796 – turmoil, confusion
• HUBBLESHOW
n. 1525 – a tumult, disturbance, commotion, uproar, hubbub → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HUBBLE-SHUBBLE
n. 1550 – commotion, uproar, tumult, disturbance, confusion → obs. rare
• HUBBY
n. 1688 – a husband → sl.
• HUBERATE
vb. 1623 – to make plentiful or fruitful → obs.
• HUBRIS
n. 1884 – presumption; pride, excessive self-confidence
• HUBRISTIC
adj. 1831 – insolent, contemptuous → rare
• HUBRISTICAL
adj. 1923 – insolent, contemptuous
• HUBRISTICALLY
adv. 1907 – in a presumptuous manner
• HUBSHEE
adj. 1698 – Abyssinian; Ethiopian
n. 1627 – an Abyssinian; an Ethiopian
• HUCK
n. 1788 – the hip, the haunch → Eng. dial.
vb. 1400 – to haggle over a bargain; to bargain → obs.
• HUCK-BACKED
adj. 1631 – humpbacked
• HUCKER
n. 1400 – a petty dealer; a person who bargains or haggles → obs.
vb. 1548 – to haggle about the price → obs.
• HUCKERY
n. 1377 – the business of a huckster → obs.
• HUCK IT
vb. 1913 – to walk → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• HUCKLE
n. 1529 – the hip or haunch
vb. 1. 1644 – to haggle in bargaining → obs.
vb. 2. 1854 – to bend the body; to stoop → Eng. dial.
• HUCKLE-BACK
n. 1762 – a humpback
• HUCKLE-BACKED
adj. 1652 – humpbacked
• HUCKLE-DUCKLE
n. 1795 – a loose woman
• HUCKS
n. 1913 – feet → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• HUCKSY-BUB
n. 19C – the female breast → Eng. dial.
• HUDDER-MUDDER
n. 1461 – concealment, secrecy, privacy → obs.
• HUDDLE
n. 1929 – a close or secret discussion → sl.
vb. 18C – to hug or embrace a woman; possibly to coit a woman → Brit.
• HUDDLEDOM
n. 1923 – a state of confusion and disorder
• HUDDLE-DUDDLE
n. 1599 obs. – a decrepit old man
• HUDDLE-MUDDLE
adv. 1790 – secretly → Sc. obs.
• HUDDON
n. 1370 – a whale, or a large kind of whale → Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
• HUDDROUN
adj. 1513 – slovenly → Sc. obs.
• HUER
n. 1950 – a term of general disapproval, applied to either sex → Aust. sl.
• HUFF
vb. 1919 – to kill deliberately → Brit. services’ sl.
• HUFF-CAP
adj. 1. 1597 – blustering, swaggering → arch.
adj. 2. 1599 – of liquor: that goes to the head, heady, strong → obs.
n. 1. 1577 – strong and heady ale → obs.
n. 2. 1600 – a swaggering or hectoring blade; a swashbuckler → obs.
• HUFFER
n. 1664 – a boastful, swaggering, hectoring person → obs.
• HUFF-GALE
n. 1583 – a strong wind → obs.
• HUFFLE
n. 1889 – a sudden gust of wind, or the sound made by this → Eng. dial.
vb. 1. 1582 – to blow; to fan a fire; to inflate → obs.
vb. 2. 1652 – to puff or elevate with pride → obs.
vb. 3. 1673 – to bluster, to puff → obs.
vb. 4. ..19C – to coit a woman → Brit. sl.
vb. 5. 1862 – of the wind: to make a sound as if blowing in gusts → Eng. dial.
• HUFF-MUFF
n. 1602 – a braggart, a blusterer → obs.
• HUFF-PUFF
adj. 1582 – moved with every puff of wind → obs.
• HUFF-PUFFT
adj. 1608 – inflated, puffed up → obs.
• HUFF-SNUFF
adj. 1693 – arrogant, hectoring, blustering → obs.
n. 1583 – a conceited fellow who gives himself airs and is quick to take offense; a braggart, a hector, a blustering person obs.
• HUFFY
adj. 1. 1677 – puffed up with pride, conceited or self-esteem; haughty, blustering → obs.
adj. 2. 1678 – airy, unsubstantial → obs.
adj. 3. 1680 – arrogant, choleric; also, ready to take offense, touchy, pettish
adj. 4. 1766 – windy, effervescent, puffy → obs.
• HUFTIE TUFTIE • HUFTY-TUFTY
adj. 1596 – swaggering, bragging → obs.
n. 1. 1633 – swagger, swaggering manners → obs.
n. 2. 1652 – ‘bravery’, finery → obs.
• HUFTY
n. 1. 1609 – swagger → obs.
n. 2. 1847 – a swaggerer → Eng. dial.
• HUFTY-MAGUFTY
n. 1942 – nonsense → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• HUG
vb. 1903 – to possess carnally → sl. (Bk.)
• HUGABOO
n. 1930 – pomposity
• HUGEFUL
adj. 1413 – huge → obs.
• HUGEOUS
adj. 1529 – huge
• HUGGE
vb. 1. 1483 – to shudder, to shiver, or to shake with fear or with cold → obs.
vb. 2. 1570 – to abhor, to abominate → obs.
• HUGGED
adj. 1533 – abhorred; abominable, ugly → obs.
• HUGGER
n. 1. 1576 – concealment → obs.
n. 2. 1894 – a porter or carrier → Eng. dial.
n. 3. 1929 – a drizzle, a gentle rain → Sc.
vb. 1. 1547 – to become confused or disorderly → obs.
vb. 2. 1567 – to be concealed; to lie in ambush → obs.
vb. 3. 1600 – to conceal, to keep secret → Eng. dial.
• HUGGERMAGRILLIAN
n. 19C Sc. – a coarse, slovenly woman
• HUGGER-MUG
n. 1654 – concealment, secrecy → obs.
• HUGGER-MUGGER
adj. 1. 1692 – secret, clandestine
adj. 2. 1840 – rough and disorderly, confused
adv. 1. 1529 – secretly, clandestinely
adv. 2. 1880 – in rough disorder or confusion; in muddle
n. 1. 1529 – concealment, secrecy
n. 2. 1674 – disorder, confusion; a muddle
n. 3. 1862 – a person who keeps things hidden or in secret; a hoarder or miser
vb. 1803 – to keep secret or concealed
• HUGGLE
vb. 1583 – to hug, to embrace, to cuddle
• HUGGRY-MUGGRY
adj. 1. 19C – in a confused state, disorderly, untidy, slovenly → Sc.
adj. 2. 19C – secret, clandestine → Sc.
adv. 19C – secretly → Sc.
n. 19C – clandestine conduct → Sc.
• HUGINESS
n. 1559 – hugeness → obs.
• HUGS (AND KISSES)
n. 1992 – a wife → UK rhyming sl. for ‘missus’
• HUGSOME
adj. 19C – of a woman: cuddlesome; sexually attractive → Brit.
• HUG THE GUNNER’S DAUGHTER
vb. 19C – to be flogged (gunner’s daughter = a cannon) → nautical sl. obs.
• HUGY
adj. 1420 – huge → obs.
• HUISHT
adj. 1576 – silent → obs.
• HUISSIER
n. 1330 – an usher
• HULA LAND
n. 1942 – Hawaii → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• HULCH
adj. 1611 – hunched → obs.
n. 1611 – a hump → obs.
• HULCH-BACKED
adj. 1611 – hunchbacked → obs.
• HULGY
adj. 1768 – humpy, humpbacked → Eng. dial.
• HULCHY
adj. 1632 – humpy, humpbacked → obs.
• HULCK-BACKED
adj. 1656 – hunchbacked → obs.
• HULK
n. 1980 – an unusually large bodybuilder → US sl.
• HULKING
adj. 1698 – large, esp. of an unwieldy mass → UK sl.
• HULL
n. 1957 – an empty pistol cartridge case → US sl.
• HULLABALOO
n. 1762 – a loud noise; uproar; confusion → UK sl.
• HULLION
n. 1789 – a clown; a clumsy fellow; a good-for-nothing idle scamp; a sloven; a rascal → Sc. & Ireland
• HULLOCK
n. 19C – a lazy, worthless fellow; a term of reproach → Eng. dial.
vb. 19C – to go about in a lazy manner → Eng. dial.
• HULLOO
n. 1992 – a completely inconsequential person → Norfolk Island
• HULLY GEE!
int. 1895 – an exclamation of delight or surprise → chiefly US
• HULLY-GULLY
adj. 1973 – stylish, esp. in a Rastafarian sense → Bahamas
• HULSTER
n. 1000 – a hiding place, a retreat → Eng. dial.
vb. 1400 – to hide → obs.
• HUM
n. 1. 1906 – an unpleasant smell → Brit. sl.
n. 2. 1915 – a borrower or cadger → Aust. sl.
vb. 1. 1887 – to be busy; to be crowded; to be lively → US sl.
vb. 2. 1902 – to smell unpleasantly; to stink → UK sl.
vb. 3. 1913 – to cadge or sponge money → Aust. sl.
• HUMAN CYCLONES
n. 1915 – the Marines → World War I Amer. sl.
• HUM AND HAW
vb. 1632 – to speak hesitatingly; to stammer; to mutter, to mumble, to be indecisive
• HUMAN DYNAMO
n. 1938 – an energetic or lively person → sl.
• HUMANGOUS
adj. 1960 – enormous, outsized, huge → sl., orig. US
• HUMATE
adj. 1511 – buried, interred → obs.
• HUMATION
n. 1635 – burial, interment → obs.
• HUM-BIRD
n. 1634 – a hummingbird → obs.
• HUMBLE
n. 1940 – a false criminal accusation or charge → US
• HUMBLE-BEE
n. 1450 – a bumblebee
• HUMBLEDORY
n. 1555 – a drone → obs.
• HUMBLEFICATION
n. 1808 – a making oneself humble
• HUMBLE-JUMBLE
n. 1550 – a confused jumble
• HUMBLEMENT
n. 1848 – humiliation
• HUMBLESSE
n. 1374 – humbleness, humility → obs.
• HUMBLESSO
n. 1599 – an obeisance; a show of humility → obs.
• HUMBLETE
n. 1400 – humility → obs.
• HUMBOLT GREEN
n. 2003 – marijuana (possibly should be ‘Humboldt Green’) → UK sl.
• HUMBUG
int. 1880 – stuff and nonsense!
n. 1. 1750 – a hoax; a jesting or befooling trick; an imposition → obs.
n. 2. 1750 – a thing which is not really what it pretends to be; an imposture, a deception, fraud, sham
n. 3. 1804 – a person who practises deception; an impostor
n. 4. 1825 – deception, pretense, sham
n. 5. 1962 – a fight, esp. between youth gangs → US sl.
n. 6. 1972 – false or trumped-up criminal charges → US sl.
vb. 1. 1750 – to trick and make a jest of; to impose upon, to hoax, to delude
vb. 2. 1761 – to cajole into doing something; to cheat out of something
vb. 3. 1904 – to interfere with; to bother → Trinidad and Tobago
vb. 4. 1968 – to fight → US sl.
• HUMBUGGABLE
adj. 1819 – capable of being humbugged, gullible
• HUMDINGER
adj. 1942 – excellent; first-rate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 1905 – a remarkable, excellent, or outstanding person or thing; something exciting or thrilling; something or someone very fine or splendid; a stylish person → sl., orig. US
• HUMDRUM
adj. 1553 – lacking variety; of a routine character; commonplace; monotonous, dull
n. 1. 1601 – a dull, monotonous, commonplace fellow
n. 2. 1727 – dullness, monotony, commonplaceness; dull monotonous talk
vb. 1733 – to proceed in a monotonous or undecided fashion
• HUMDRUMMING
adj. 1698 – monotonous, commonplace
• HUMDRUMMISH
adj. 1731 – monotonous, dull
• HUMDRUMS
n. 1757 – low spirits, the dumps, depression → obs.
• HUMDUDGEON
n. 1. 1785 – an imaginary illness; hypochondria
n. 2. 1790 – needless noise or fuss; a complaint or outcry without sufficient reason; much ado about nothing → Sc.
n. 3. 1898 – a big, stupid person of an evil disposition → Sc. (Bk.)
• HUMECT
vb. 1. 1531 – to moisten, to wet
vb. 2. 1686 – to become humid or moist
• HUMECTANT
adj. 1659 – moistening, wetting → obs.
• HUMECTATE
adj. 1475 – moistened, wetted → obs.
vb. 1640 – to moisten, to wet
• HUMECTATION
n. 1544 – a moistening or wetting; irrigation
• HUMECTATIVE
adj. 1640 – tending to moisten → obs.
• HUMECTATOR
n. 1665 – a moistener → obs.
• HUMECTIVE
adj. 1633 – tending to moisten
• HUMGRUFFIAN
n. 1825 – a terrible or repulsive person
► HUMGRUFFIN n. a terrible or repulsive person → 1842
• HUMGUMPTIOUS
adj. 1913 – splendid, excellent, pretentious → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• HUMICUBATION
n. 1656 – a lying down on the ground, esp. as a sign of penitence or humiliation
• HUMIDATE
vb. 1540 – to make humid or moist → obs.
• HUMIDIOUS
adj. 1630 – moist, wet, watery → obs.
• HUMIFIC
adj. 1727 – causing moisture → obs.
• HUMIFY
vb. 1658 – to make humid; to moisten
• HUMIL
adj. 1488 – humble → obs., chiefly Sc.
• HUMILE
adj. 1. 1470 – humble, lowly → chiefly Sc. obs.
adj. 2. 1567 – of a plant: of lowly growth → chiefly Sc. obs.
vb. 1491 – to humble, to humiliate, to abase → obs.
• HUMILIANT
adj. 1844 – humiliating
• HUMILIATORY
adj. 1872 – tending to humiliate
• HUMILIFIC
adj. 1892 – humiliating, self-depreciating → obs.
• HUMILITUDE
n. 1586 – humility → obs.
• HUMILNESS
n. 1423 – humbleness, humility → obs., chiefly Sc.
• HUMILY
adv. 1380 – humbly → obs.
• HUMISERPENT
adj. 1641 – crawling on the ground → obs.
• HUM JOB
n. 1964 – oral sex performed on a male → US sl.
• HUMMEL
n. 1. 1513 – a lazy fellow → Sc. obs.
n. 2. 2000 – the hair → Eng. gypsy usage
• HUMMEL-BUMMEL
n. 1537 – an imitation of mumbling → obs.
• HUMMEL-DRUMMEL
adj. 19C – morose and taciturn → Sc.
• HUMMER
n. 1. 1681 – an extremely active or energetic person → colloq.
n. 2. 1699 – a stunning lie → sl., obs.
n. 3. 1763 – one who hoaxes; a humbugger → obs.
n. 4. 1907 – a person or thing of extraordinary excellence; anything of magnitude or note; a person of notable parts → colloq.
n. 5. 1919 – a scrounger; a cadger → Aust. colloq.
n. 6. 1932 – an arrest for something the person did not do; an arrest for a minor violation that leads to more serious charges → US sl.
n. 7. 1942 – a fast car → US sl. (Bk.)
n. 8. 1942 – a fast throw → US sl. (Bk.)
n. 9. 1959 – a minor mistake → US sl.
n. 10. 1971 – an act of oral sex performed on a man → US sl.
n. 11. 1990 – a joke, a prank → US sl.
• HUMMER AND HAWER
n. 1820 – one who speaks hesitatingly or stammers
• HUMMER DAYS
n. 2001 – from a male perspective: the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → US sl.
• HUMMING
adj. 1. M17 – notably large or active; energetic; vigorous, striking, intense → sl.
adj. 2. L17 – of liquor: strong → arch.
adv. 18C – exceedingly, very → sl.
• HUMMING ALE
n. M17 – strong beer → sl.
• HUMMING BEER
n. M17 – strong beer → sl.
• HUMMING BIRD
n. 1. L19 – the electric chair → US prison sl.
n. 2. L19 – a type of torture using electricity → US prison sl.
• HUMMINGBIRD ASS
n. 1977 – used for suggesting that a person lacks the courage to back up his taunts → US sl.
• HUMMING BUB
n. M17 – strong beer → sl.
• HUMMING LIQUOR
n. M17 – strong beer → sl.
• HUMMING OCTOBER
n. E18 – very strong ale, made from the new season’s hops → sl.
• HUMMING PUNCH
n. M17 – strong beer → sl.
• HUMMING STUFF
n. M17 – strong beer → sl.
• HUMMING TIPPLE
n. M17 – strong beer → sl.
• HUMMOCK
n. 1. 1666 – a small hill → US
n. 2. 1793 – a sand hill on the sea shore
• HUMMUM
n. L17 – a brothel → sl.
• HUMONGOID
adj. 1960 – enormous, outsized, huge → sl., orig. US
• HUMONGOUS
adj. 1968 – enormous, outsized, huge, very large → sl., orig. US
• THE HUMORESQUE
n. 1867 – that which is humorous or playful, esp. in literary or musical style
• HUMORIFIC
adj. 1819 – producing humour; humorous
• HUMORISTICS
n. 1886 – humorous writings
• HUMOURISH
adj. 1653 – whimsical, moody
• HUMOURSOME
adj. 1. 1607 – subject to moods; whimsical, capricious; peevish, ill-humoured → arch.
adj. 2. 1656 – amusing, comic
adj. 3. 1839 – disposed to humour or indulge others; indulgent
• HUMOURSOMELY
adv. 1653 – capriciously, fancifully; peevishly; later, humorously, comically
• HUMP
n. 1. 1873 – a fit of sulks; a bad mood, depression → UK sl.
n. 2. ..20C – any difficulty; a problem
n. 3. 1918 – an act of sexual intercourse → US sl.
n. 4. 1919 – a camel → US circus usage
n. 5. 1949 – a lookout during a crime → US sl.
n. 6. .M20 – a catamite → US sl.
n. 7. .M20 – a prostitute; a sexually loose woman; women considered sexually → US sl.
n. 8. 1957 – a large wave → US surfers’ usage
n. 9. 1962 – the middle section of a prison sentence → US sl.
n. 10. 1963 – a dolt, a dull person → US sl.
n. 11. 1963 – an offensive or despicable person → US sl.
n. 12. 1969 – a person considered solely as a sexual partner → sl.
n. 13. 1981 – a bridge → UK Citizens’ band radio sl.
n. 14. 1989 – a Camel™ cigarette → US sl.
vb. 1. .M18 – to thrust the pelvis in the manner of a male copulating; to copulate from the male point of view
vb. 2. 1784 – to copulate; said of a man or woman
vb. 3. 1851 – to carry, to lug, to march → Aust.
vb. 4. 1913 – to hurry on, to go → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 5. .M20 – to cheat → US criminals’ sl.
vb. 6. 1973 – to earn money working as a prostitute → US
vb. 7. 1976 – in trucking, to drive fast → US sl.
• THE HUMP
n. 1. 1873 – anger, a fit of anger → Brit. sl.
n. 2. 1873 – depression → Brit. sl.
n. 3. 1920 – the Rockies → US tramps’ sl.
• HUMP A BLUEY
vb. 1999 – to carry a swag; to be a swagman → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
• HUMP-AND-JUMP
adj. 1977 – of a job: physically demanding and fast-paced → US sl.
• HUMP AND THUMP
n. 1994 – cardiovascular resuscitation → US sl.
• HUMPBACK COW
n. 1942 – a buffalo → Amer. Western sl. (Bk.)
• HUMPBACKED COW
n. 1942 – a buffalo → Amer. circus sl. (Bk.)
• HUMPBACK JOB
n. 1946 – a local freight train → US sl.
• HUMP DATE
n. 1965 – during the Vietnam war, the date when half of a soldier’s tour of duty in Vietnam is completed → US sl.
• HUMP DAY
n. 1955 – Wednesday → US sl.
• HUMPENSCRUMP
n. 1916 – a musical instrument of rude construction; a hurdy-gurdy
• HUMPER
n. 1. 1977 – a large and unbroken wave → US sl.
n. 2. 1980 – in motor racing, a slick drag racing tire that has been grooved for use on a dirt track → US sl.
• HUMP-HUMP
vb. 1997 – to have sex → US mock pidgin
• HUMP IT
vb. 1988 – in poker, to raise the maximum bet allowed → US sl.
• HUMP LIKE A CAMEL
vb. 1970 – to engage in sexual intercourse with great physical enthusiasm → US sl.
• HUMP NIGHT
n. 1955 – Wednesday night → US sl.
• HUMP RAT
n. 1968 – a railway yard brakeman → US sl.
• HUMPSTRIDDEN
adv. 1828 – astride, strideways → Eng. dial.
• HUMP THE DOG
vb. 1980 – to waste time completely → US sl.
• HUMP THE SWAG
vb. 1892 – to carry one’s luggage on one’s back → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
• HUMPTY
adj. 1825 – hunchbacked
• HUMPTY-BACKED
adj. 1898 – hunchbacked
• HUMPTY-DOO
adj. 1910 – drunk → Aust. sl.
• HUMPTY DUMPTY
adj. 1785 – short and fat
n. 1. 1785 – a short, dumpy, hump-shouldered person
n. 2. 1996 – an extreme reaction to MDMA, the recreational drug best known as ecstasy → UK sl.
• HUMPY
adj. 1. 1889 – out of humour; melancholy, sad
adj. 2. 1968 – handsome, sexy → US homosexual usage
n. 1. 1846 – a makeshift dwelling; a small shack → Aust. sl.
n. 2. 1934 – a camel → Aust. sl.
• HUMPY-BUMP
vb. 1974 – to have sex → US sl.
• HUMSTRUM
n. 1739 – a musical instrument of rude construction or out of tune
• HUMUNGO
adj. 1960 – enormous, outsized, huge → sl., orig. US
• HUMUNGOUS
adj. 1968 – enormous, outsized, huge, very large → sl., orig. US
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