• HUN
n. 1. 1895 US sl. – one hundred dollars; a one hundred dollar note
n. 2. 1900 UK sl. – a German, a person of German descent
n. 3. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a loved one; a sweetheart
n. 4. 1996 Sc. sl. – a Protestant
• HUNCH
n. 1888 US sl. – an intuition or premonition
vb. 1973 US sl. – to bring someone up to date; to inform
• HUNCHED TOGETHER
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – crowded, packed
• HUNCHED UP
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – crowded, packed
• HUNCHET
n. 1790 – a small hunch or lump
• HUNCHY
n. 1919 Aust. sl. – a camel
• HUNDOE
n. 2001 US sl. – one hundred dollars
• HUNDOM
n. 1916 – Germany → colloq., derogatory & offensive
► HUNDRED-LEGS n. a centipede → 1774
• HUNDRED-MILE COFFEE
n. 1971 US sl. – strong coffee
• HUNDRED PERCENTER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something excellent
• HUNDRED TO EIGHT
n. 1998 UK rhyming sl. – a plate
• HUNDRED TO THIRTY
adj. 1974 UK rhyming sl. – dirty
• A HUNDRED WORDS WON’T FILL A BUSHEL
phr. 1881 Eng. dial. – you talk to no purpose
• HUNG
adj. 1. 1600 UK sl. – endowed with a large penis
adj. 2. 1950 US sl. – fascinated or obsessed with
adj. 3. 1958 sl. – hung-over, suffering from the effects of drinking alcohol
adj. 4. 1968 Amer. dial. – pregnant
• HUNGAR
n. 1606 – a Hungarian → obs.
• HUNGARIC
adj. 1661 – Hungarian → obs.
• HUNGARISH
adj. 1606 – Hungarian → obs.
• HUNGER-BANED
adj. 1549 – starved, afflicted with hunger → obs.
• HUNGER-BIT
adj. 1549 – pinched with hunger; famished, starved
• HUNGER-BITTEN
adj. 1549 – pinched with hunger; famished, starved
• HUNGERLY
adj. 1393 – hungry-looking; having a hungry, starved, or famished look → obs.
adv. a1584 – hungrily, greedily → obs.
• HUNG LIKE A CASHEW
adj. 1998 UK sl. – blessed with a small penis
• HUNG LIKE A DONKEY
adj. 1984 UK sl. – endowed with an impressively large penis
• HUNG LIKE A HAMSTER
adj. 2001 US sl. – blessed with a small penis
• HUNG LIKE A JACK DONKEY
adj. 1984 UK sl. – endowed with an impressively large penis
• HUNG LIKE A MALLEE BULL
adj. 20C Aust. sl. – said of a man with big genitals
• HUNG LIKE A PIMPLE
adj. 1995 US sl. – blessed with a small penis
• HUNG OVER
adj. 1942 US sl. – suffering from the after-effects of having drunk too much alcohol
• HUNGRIER THAN A PEACH-ORCHARD BOAR
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – very hungry
• HUNGRIES
n. 1970 US sl. – the craving for food that follows the smoking of marijuana
• HUNGRIFY
vb. 1881 – to make hungry
• HUNGRIFYING
adj. 1886 – appetizing
• HUNGRIOUSNESS
n. 1549 – hungriness → obs.
• HUNGRY
adj. 1855 Aust. sl. – stingy, mean
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Hungary
• HUNGRY AS A BEAR
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – hungry
• HUNGRY AS A BLACK DOG
adj. Bk1999 Aust. sl. – very hungry, famished
• HUNGRY AS A DOG
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – hungry
• HUNGRY AS A HAWK
adj. 1892 Sc. – very hungry
• HUNGRY AS A HORSE
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – hungry
• HUNGRY AS A SHE WOLF
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – hungry
• HUNGRY AS A THACKER
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – very hungry
• HUNGRY AS A WOLF
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – hungry
• HUNGRY ENOUGH TO EAT A BOILED OWL
adj. 1975 Amer. dial. – extremely hungry
• HUNGRY TO A PIECE
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – hungry enough to eat bread
• HUNG UP
adj. 1. 1945 sl. – confused, bewildered
adj. 2. 1948 US sl. – of a drug addict who is unable to get drugs: depressed, let down, disappointed
adj. 3. 1950 US sl. – addicted
adj. 4. 1950 US sl. – obsessed, infatuated
adj. 5. 1952 US sl. – inhibited, neurotic
adj. 6. 1963 US sl. – while surfing, caught along the steep wall of a wave and unable to pull out
• HUNG UP ON
adj. 1957 sl. – obsessed
• HUNGY
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a Hungarian
• HUNK
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate
n. 1. 1896 N. Amer. sl., derogatory – an immigrant from central or southeastern Europe
n. 2. Bk1905 – a big lump
n. 3. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a country fellow
n. 4. 1945 US sl. – a good-looking, muscular boy or man
• HUNKA CHUNKA
n. 2005 US sl. – sexual intercourse
• HUNKER
n. 1849 – a conservative, one opposed to innovation or change → US political usage
vb. 1. 1720 – to squat with the haunches, knees, and ankles acutely bent → orig. Sc.
vb. 2. 1790 – to cower or squat in a lowly manner → orig. Sc.
• HUNKERISH
adj. 1857 – conservative, old-fashioned → US colloq.
• HUNKEY
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – very fine, just the thing
n. 1896 N. Amer. sl., derogatory – an immigrant from central or southeastern Europe
• HUNKIDORI
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – superlatively good
• HUNKIDORY
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate
• HUNKIE
n. 1. 1896 N. Amer. sl., derogatory – an immigrant from central or southeastern Europe; a Slav; a Hungarian
n. 2. 1959 US sl., derogatory – a White person
• HUNKIN
adj. 1997 US sl. – enormous
• HUNK OF TAIL
n. 1920s US sl. – an act of sexual intercourse
• HUNKS
n. 1602 – a surly, cross-grained old person; a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser; a miserable, niggardly old person; a covetous, sordid man
• HUNKSTER
n. 1842 – a surly, crusty, cross-grained old person; later, a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser
• HUNKUM-BUNKUM
adj. 1908 very fine, excellent, good, splendid → Amer. dial –
• HUNKY
adj. 1. 1861 – excellent, first-rate → sl.
adj. 2. 1911 – thickset, solidly built
adj. 3. Bk1942 – boorish; rustic → Amer. sl.
adj. 4. 1972 – attractive; muscular → Amer. sl.
n. 1. 1896 – an immigrant from central or southeastern Europe; a Slav; a Hungarian → N. Amer. sl., derogatory
n. 2. 1959 – a White person → US sl., derogatory
• HUNKY AND DORY
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate
• HUNKYDORE
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate
• HUNKY-DOREY
adj. 1866 sl. – excellent
• HUNKY-DORUM
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate
• HUNKY DORY
adj. 1861 US sl. – satisfactory, fine, superlatively good, excellent
• HUNKYLAND
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Hungary
• HUNLAND
n. 1916 – Germany
• HUNNISH
adj. 1. 1625 – characteristic of the Huns; brutal, savage, destructive
adj. 2. 1915 – German → colloq., derogatory & offensive
• HUN STICKER
n. 1910s – a bayonet → World War I Amer. sl.
• HUNT A TAVERN FOX
vb. 1746 – to get drunk
• HUNT COOTIES
vb. 1910s – to search for lice in one’s clothing → World War I Amer. sl.
• HUNTER
n. 1. 1949 US sl. – a pickpocket
n. 2. 1998 UK sl. – cocaine
• HUNTETH
n. c900 – hunting; the chase → obs.
• HUNT FOR A HARE WITH A TABOR
vb. 1399 – to seek to do something almost impossible → obs.
• HUNT FOR HARES WITH A TABOR
vb. 1592 – to undertake an almost impossible or hopeless task → obs.
• HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
n. 2000 – the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → US sl.
• HUNT LEATHER
vb. 1893 – to reach for a hand-hold on the saddle horn while riding a bucking horse → US West. sl.
• HUNTING LICENSE
n. 1992 – an assignment given by a prison gang to kill someone → US sl.
• HUNT LIZARDS
vb. 1910s – to search for lice in one’s clothing → Amer. World War I sl.
• HUNT OWLS
vb. 1962 – to drive at night with your full headlight beams on, blinding oncoming traffic → US sl.
• HUNT RABBITS
vb. 1951 – in a game of poker, to go through the cards that were not played after a hand is finished in search of what might have been → US sl.
• HUNT THE GREAT WHITE WHALE
vb. 2001 – to search for a source of cocaine → UK sl.
• HUNT THE LETTER
vb. 1579 – to practice or study alliteration → obs.
• HUNT UP A COW
vb. 1950s – of an amorous couple: to search out a secluded spot in the bush in order to have sexual intercourse → Aust. sl.
• HUNYAK
n. 1911 – an immigrant from central or southeastern Europe → US sl.
• HURCHEON
n. 1. c1325 – a hedgehog
n. 2. a1786 – a mischievous person; an urchin → Sc.
• HURDIES
n. 1535 – the buttocks; the hips and adjoining parts; the end or ‘tail’ of anything → Sc.
• HURDLE
n. 1722 – a pallet for sleeping → US
• HURDY
n. 1958 – a dance hall girl → Can. sl.
• HURE
adv. c893 – certainly, especially → obs.
n. 1. c1290 – a cap → obs.
n. 2. 1844 – the head of a boar, wolf, or bear → obs.
• HURKLE
vb. a1400 – to cower, to crouch, to squat; to shrink, to shudder
► HURKLE-DURKLE n. laziness, sluggishness in bed → 1825 Sc.
vb. to lie in bed long after it is time to get up or go to work → 1825 Sc.
• HURL
n. 1967 – an act of vomiting; vomit → Aust. sl.
vb. 1964 – to vomit → Aust. sl.
HURLBARROW
n. a1682 – a wheelbarrow → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HURLEMENT
n. 1585 – rush, violence; confusion, disturbance → obs.
• HURLER
n. 1998 – a person who suffers from bulimia nervosa → US sl.
• HURLEY-HOUSE
n. 1814 – a large house fallen into disrepair or nearly in ruins → Sc.
• HURL-FOOTED
adj. 1752 – club-footed
• HURLPOOL
n. 1. 1552 – a whirlpool → obs.
n. 2. 1553 – a whale or monster → obs.
• HURLWIND
n. 1509 – a whirlwind → obs.
• HURLY
n. 1600 – commotion, tumult, uproar; strife
• HURLY-BURLY
adj. 1598 – confusing, tumultuous
adv. c1550 – in commotion, tumultuously; in confusion → obs.
n. c1440 – commotion, tumult, strife, uproar, turmoil, confusion
vb. 1598 – to make an uproar
• HURR
vb. 1398 – to buzz as an insect; to snarl as a dog; to pronounce a trilled r → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HURRAH
n. Bk1942 – nonsense → Amer. sl.
• HURRAH’S NEST
n. 1829 – a confused or disorderly mass; a state of confusion or disorder → US
• HURRER
n. 1403 – a maker of hats and caps; a dealer in hats and caps → obs.
• HURRICANE DECK
n. 1862 US sl. – the back of a bucking bronco
• HURRICANE LAMP
n. 1998 UK rhyming sl. – a tramp, a vagrant
• HURRICANE LAMP JOB
n. 1989 Aust. sl. – in horse racing, a horse that finishes last by a great distance; the horse is so far back that it is joked that a hurricane lamps is needed to find it
• HURRICANE ON A TEN-CENT PIECE
n. 1995 Can. sl. – a wife furious with her husband
• HURRICANIOUS
adj. 1706 – like a hurricane → obs.
• HURRICANIZE
vb. 1833 – to make a commotion
• HURRICANO
vb. 1702 – to whirl as a hurricane
• HURRISOME
adj. 1847 – inclined to hurry, hasty → Eng. dial.
• HURROO
int. 1824 – a cry of triumph or exultant excitement
phr. 1906 – goodbye → Aust. & NZ sl.
• HURRY-BUGGY
n. Bk1942 – a fast car → Amer. sl.
• HURRY-BURRY
adv. 1813 – with extra hurry; in confusion; tumultuously → Sc.
n. 1788 – confusion or bustle caused by excitement; tumult → Sc.
• HURRY-COME
adj. 1987 – done with haste and without care → Trinidad and Tobago
• HURRY-DURRY
adj. 1672 – of the weather: rough, boisterous, windy, rainy; hence, impatient, irritable → nautical obs.
int. 1682 – an exclamation of impatience or indignation → obs.
n. 1732 – tumult, confusion, bustle caused by excitement → obs. rare
• HURRYGRAPH
n. 1851 – something done, produced, or experienced in a hurry, esp. a hasty glance or fleeting impression → US
• HURRY-ON
n. 1983 – a quickening of pace → Aust. sl.
• HURRY-SCURRY
vb. c1771 – to run or rush in confused and undignified haste
• HURRY-UP
n. 1. 1916 Aust. sl. – a request for a quickening of pace
n. 2. 1962 UK sl. – a hurry, speed
• HURRY UP AND GET BORN!
int. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – don’t be ridiculous!
• HURRY UP THE CAKES
vb. 1848 US sl. – to hasten
• HURRYUP WAGON
n. 1893 US sl. – a police van
• HURRY UP YOUR CAKES
vb. M19 US sl. – to go quickly
• HURST
n. 1. 822 – a grove of trees; a copse; a wood
n. 2. a1000 – a hillock, knoll, or bank, esp. one of a sandy nature
n. 3. 1398 – a sandbank in the sea or a river
• HURT
adj. 1973 US sl. – undesirable, unattractive, inept
vb. 1996 UK sl. – to crave a drug
• HURTFOOT
n. 1567 – that which hurts the foot → obs.
• HURTING
adj. 2002 US sl. – inferior, not up to expectations
• HURT ME!
int. 1983 US sl. – used for expressing extreme pleasure or displeasure
• HURTSOME
adj. 1699 – hurtful, injurious – Sc.
• HURVE
vb. 1983 – to move quickly, to hurry → Aust. sl.
• HUS
n. 1971 – a favour → US Vietnam war usage
• HUSBAND
n. 1941 – in a homosexual relationship, male or female, the more aggressive and domineering partner → US sl.
• HUSBAND AND WIFE
n. 1992 – a knife → UK rhyming sl.
• HUSBANDER
n. 1585 – a person who makes careful use of resources, assets, etc.; a thrifty or prudent administrator; also, a tiller of the soil, a husbandman
• HUSBANDICALLY
adv. 1564 – with regard to a husband → obs.
• HUSBANDIZE
vb. 1625 – to till, to cultivate
• HUSBANDLY
adj. 1. 1450 – given to careful economy; frugal, thrifty, provident
adj. 2. 1568 – relating to husbandry
adj. 3. 1569 – befitting a husband; having the character considered appropriate in a husband; marital
• HUSBANDMAN
n. 1. 1330 – the male head of a household → obs.
n. 2. 1384 – a worker who tills and cultivates the soil
n. 3. 1439 – a married man → obs.
n. 4. 1711 – a frugal or thrifty man
• HUSBANDRESS
n. 1838 – a woman who is economical with her resources → obs.
• HUSH
n. 1976 – silence → UK sl.
• HUSH-EM
n. 1949 – a silencer attached to a handgun → US sl.
• HUSH-HUSH
adj. 1916 – secret → UK military origins
n. 1942 – a secret → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• HUSH-HUSH STUFF
n. 1942 – a secret → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• HUSH MONEY
n. 1709 – a bribe paid to obtain silence → UK sl.
• HUSH MY MOUTH!
int. 1931 – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment → US
• HUSH-PUPPY
adj. 1958 – of jazz: old-fashioned, conventional → US sl.
n. 1982 – a Smith and Wesson 9 mm pistol; the silencer attached to the pistol → US sl.
• HUSK
vb. 1945 – to undress → US sl.
• HUSKY
adj. 1869 – said of a man who is big, vigorous, and muscular → sl., orig. US
n. 1. 1942 – any arctic dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. 1976 – in trucking, a Brockway truck → Amer. sl.
• HUSS
n. 1971 – a favour → US Vietnam war usage
• HUSSIAN
n. 1913 – a troublesome, mischievous child → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• HUSSLE
vb. 1. ..19C – to have sexual intercourse → sl.
vb. 2. .M19 – to practice swindling or petty theft → sl.
vb. 3. .M19 – to use initiative to obtain or secure; to live by one’s wits → sl., orig. US
vb. 4. ..L19 – to work as a prostitute → US sl.
vb. 5. ..L19 – to work hard, to make an effort → US sl.
vb. 6. ..L19 – to sell goods, esp. in an aggressive manner; to promote → sl.
vb. 7. ..20C – to urge someone to work harder → sl.
vb. 8. ..20C – to obtain money or some other commodity through begging → sl.
vb. 9. 1930 – to deceive or to con → sl., orig. US
vb. 10. 1940 – to make sexual advances → US sl.
vb. 11. 1960 – to work as a male prostitute → sl.
vb. 12. 1970 – to pimp → sl.
vb. 13. 1970 – to attempt to obtain drug customers, to sell drugs → drug culture sl.
• HUSTLE
n. 1. 1898 – effort, exertion, desire → US sl.
n. 2. 1940 – work as a pimp, prostitute, or tramp → African-American sl.
n. 3. 1940 – a job, a means of earning a living → African-American sl.
n. 4. 1940 – any means of survival, often providing little more then subsistence → US sl.
n. 5. 1943 – a swindle; a hoax; a get-rich-quick scheme → sl., orig. US criminals’ usage
n. 6. 1970 – a criminal scheme or activity → US sl.
n. 7. 1970 – a means of seduction, a pass → US sl.
n. 8. 1970 – flattery, deception → US sl.
vb. 1. ..19C – to have sexual intercourse → sl.
vb. 2. 1840 – to obtain after a diligent effort, especially one using unorthodox, if not illegal means → US sl.
vb. 3. .M19 – to practice swindling or petty theft → sl.
vb. 4. .M19 – to use initiative to obtain or secure; to live by one’s wits → sl., orig. US
vb. 5. 1887 – to sell or serve goods, esp. in an aggressive, pushing manner; to promote → US sl.
vb. 6. 1895 – to work as a prostitute → US sl.
vb. 7. ..L19 – to work hard, to make an effort → US sl.
vb. 8. ..20C – to urge someone to work harder → sl.
vb. 9. 1902 – to beg, to cadge → US beggars’ and tramps’ sl.
vb. 10. 1930 – to deceive or to con → sl., orig. US
vb. 11. 1940 – to make sexual advances → US sl.
vb. 12. 1960 – to work as a male prostitute → sl.
vb. 13. 1970 – to attempt to obtain drug customers, to sell drugs → drug culture sl.
vb. 14. 1970 – to pimp → sl.
vb. 15. 2003 – to flirt, to make a sexual advance → Trinidad and Tobago
• HUSTLE-BUGGY
n. 1. 1920 – a police car → US sl.
n. 2. 1942 – a fast car → Amer. sl.
• HUSTLER
n. 1. 1825 – a person who lives by his charm and wits, dishonest but not usually violent → US sl.
n. 2. 1924 – a prostitute, esp. a male homosexual → US sl.
n. 3. 1967 – a person who makes his living by playing pool for wagers, feigning a skill level below his true level to secure bets → US sl.
n. 4. 1996 – a drug pusher → UK sl.
• HUSTLE HASH
vb. L19 – to work as a waiter or waitress → sl.
• HUSTLE ONE’S BUSTLE
vb. 1971 – to hurry, to get moving → US sl.
• HUSTLER’S ROW
n. 1966 – any outdoor area where prostitutes loiter in search of customers → UK sl.
• HUSTLE SHEETS
vb. L19 – to sell newspapers → sl.
• HUSTLE SHOES
vb. L19 – to work as a shoe-shine → sl.
• HUSTLING
n. 1. 1977 – prostitution → UK sl.
n. 2. 2000 – the practice of dealing drugs → UK sl.
• HUSTLING GAL
n. 1954 – a prostitute → US sl.
• HUT
n. 1. 1946 – a brakevan (caboose) → US sl.
n. 2. 1949 – a jail cell → US sl.
n. 3. 1989 – a house → US sl.
• HUTCH
n. 1. 1956 – a prison → US sl.
n. 2. 1966 – a domicile, be it a room, apartment, or house → US sl.
• HUTU
n. 1820 – applied esp. to money paid in recompense → NZ sl.
• HUTZELSUP
n. 1999 – among Nova Scotians of German descent, a confused mess → Can. sl.
• HUTZPA(H)
n. 1890 – unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall → sl.
• HUXTERS
n. 1903 – money → sl. (Bk.)
• HUZ
n. 1971 – a favour → US Vietnam war usage
• HUZZLECOO
n. 1942 – a conversation; discussion → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• HYACK • HYAK
n. 1959 – in British Columbia, a volunteer fireman → Can. Chinook jargon
• HYAS
adj. 1953 – big, large, very → Can. sl.
• HYBOLIC
adj. 1972 – pompous, bombastic → Hawaii youth usage
• HYBRID
n. 1953 – in the car sales business, used as a euphemism for a car that has at least some parts that do not belong → US sl.
• HYDE PARK
n. 1992 – an informer → UK rhyming sl. for ‘nark’
• HYDRAULIC
adj. 1989 – inclined to steal → Aust. sl.
n. 2003 – in drag racing, a massive engine failure resulting from fuel failing to ignite within a cylinder → US sl.
• HYDRAULICS
n. 1998 – euphemism for bollocks → UK rhyming sl.
• HYDRO
n. 1. 1996 – marijuana which is grown hydroponically → US sl.
n. 2. 2003 – amphetamines → UK sl.
n. 3. 2003 – MDMA, the recreational drug best known as ecstasy → UK sl.
• HYDROPHOBIOUS
adj. 1. 1843 – pertaining to rabies
adj. 2. 1850 – having a dread of water; tending to repel water
• HYDROPONIC
n. 1989 – marijuana that is cultivated hydroponically → US sl.
• HYDROPOT
n. 1727 – a drinker of water; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller
• HYDROPOTIST
n. 1678 – a water-drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller → obs.
• HYEMAL
adj. M16 – belonging to winter
• HYEMATE
vb. E17 – to winter; to hibernate
• HYENANIMAL
n. 1942 – a hyena → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• HYENOUS
adj. 1908 – heinous → Amer. dial.
• HYFER
vb. 1913 – to hurry → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• HYKER
vb. 1913 – to go quickly to run → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• HYMIE
n. 1984 – a Jew → US sl., derogatory or offensive
• HYNDE
adj. 1400 – courteous, polite, gentle → obs.
• HYP
n. 1. 1924 – a drug addict → sl., orig. US
n. 2. 1929 – a hypodermic needle → drug culture sl., orig. US
• HYPA
vb. 1913 – to hurry → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• HYPE
n. 1. 1924 – a drug addict → sl., orig. US
n. 2. 1926 – originally applied specifically to the deliberate giving of short change, and hence to any cheating or trickery → sl., orig. US
n. 3. 1929 – a hypodermic needle → drug culture sl., orig. US
vb. 1. 1926 – orig. to short-change or overcharge; later, to deceive or con → sl., orig. US
vb. 2. 1960 – to promise more than one can deliver → Amer. sl.
• HYPED UP
adj. 1946 – over-excited or highly strung → sl., orig. US
• HYPER
adj. 1942 – extraordinarily active, energetic, or highly strung → sl., orig. & chiefly US
vb. 1913 – to go quickly to run → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• HYPERFIRMACIOUS
adj. 1913 – fine, splendid, excellent → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• HYPERHYPSISTOUS
adj. 1680 – exalted above the highest → obs.
• HYPEROCHALITY
n. 1637 – distinguished position; eminence of rank or position → obs.
• HYPERSNORTY
adj. 1914 – stylish; proud → Amer. dial.
• HYPHENATE
n. 1915 – an immigrant to American, or an American from an immigrant family → Amer. World War I sl.
• HYPNOBATE
n. 1890 – a sleepwalker
• HYPNOPHOBIA
n. 1855 – a morbid dread or fear of sleep
• HYPO
n. 1. 1904 – a drug addict → sl., orig. US
n. 2. 1904 – a hypodermic needle → drug culture sl., orig. US
vb. 1925 – to administer a hypodermic injection to → drug culture sl., orig. US
• HYPOCORISM
n. 1850 – a pet-name
• HYPOCRIFY
vb. 1716 – to play the hypocrite → obs.
• HYPOCRITIZE
vb. 1683 – to act as a hypocrite → obs.
• HYPSOPHONOUS
adj. 1886 – having a high clear voice
• HYSTERICAL
adj. 1969 – very funny or amusing → sl.
• HYSTERICAL PRESENT
n. 1942 – the present time → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• HYTER-SKYTER
adv. 1. 19C – in a state of utter ruin → Sc.
adv. 2. 19C – with weak, tottering steps → Sc.
n. 1. 19C – a great deal of arrant nonsense → Sc.
n. 2. 19C – the act of walking with very tottering steps → Sc.
vb. 19C – to walk with tottering steps → Sc.
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