• I’M ABOUT IT!
int. 1999 US sl. – I agree with your plan of action!
• I’M A COON
phr. M19 sl. – used to refute a suggestion or hypothesis, and as an exclamation of astonishment
• I’M A COYOTE
phr. M19 sl. – used to refute a suggestion or hypothesis, and as an exclamation of astonishment
• I’M A CURLY-TAILED WOLF WITH A PINK ASS AND THIS IS MY NIGHT TO HOWL!
int. Bk1997 Amer. dial. – a humorous oath heard among drinkers of potent moonshine
• I’M AFLOAT
n. 1. Bk1896 rhyming sl. – a boat
n. 2. Bk1896 rhyming sl. – a coat
• IMAGE
n. M19 sl. – a person attracting amused, affectionate, or contemptuous glances, a ‘sight’
vb. c1440 obs. – to devise, to plan
• IMAGER
n. 1. a1300 obs. – a maker of images; a sculptor, a carver
n. 2. 1591 obs. rare – a painter
• IMAGERY
n. 1390 obs. – figured work on a textile fabric, as in tapestry; embroidery
• IMAGILET
n. a1661 obs. rare – a small image; a statuette
• IMAGINABILITY
n. 1830 rare – the quality of being imaginable
• IMAGINAL
adj. 1647 obs. rare – pert. to the imagination; imaginable
• IMAGINANT
adj. 1626 obs. – that imagines
n. 1605 obs. – one who imagines; an imaginer
• IMAGINARIAN
n. 1830-3 nonce word obs. – one who occupies himself with imaginary things
• IMAGINARIES
n. 1966 Amer. jocular usage – an imaginary disease
• IMAGINARY
n. 1709 obs. – an imagination; a fancy
• IMAGINATE
adj. 1533 obs., chiefly Sc. – imagined, imaginary
vb. 1563 obs. – to imagine
• IMAGINATION
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – an intuitive feeling; a hunch
• IMAGINATIONAL
adj. 1856 – pert. to the imagination
• THE IMAGINATION BOGGLES
phr. 1971 – to be surprised
• IMAGINATIONS
n. 1966 Amer. jocular usage – an imaginary disease
• IMAGINATIVE
n. 1412-20 – imaginative faculty; imagination
• IMAGINATORY
adj. a1618 obs. rare – imaginary; imaginative
• IMAGINEMENT
n. c1470 obs. rare – contrivance, subtlety
• IMAGINIST
n. 1815 nonce word – an imaginative person
• IMAGINITIS
n. 1944 Aust. sl. – an overactive imagination
• IMAGINOUS
adj. 1608 obs. rare – characterized by imagination; imaginative, full of fancies
• IMAKY-AMAKY
n. 1825 Sc. obs. – the ant
• I’M ALL RIGHT JACK
phr. Bk1996 sl. – a sarcastic remark of selfish complacency; a smug declaration of self-satisfaction
• I-MAN
n. 1938 Amer. sl. – in trucking: an investigator from the Interstate Commerce Commission
• I’M A NIGGER
phr. M19 sl. – used to refute a suggestion or hypothesis, and as an exclamation of astonishment
• I’M ARCHIVES
phr. 1990s US college sl. – goodbye, I’m leaving
• I’M ASS OUT
phr. Bk1994 sl. – I’m in trouble
• I’M AUDI!
int. 1995 US teen and high school sl. – I’m out of here, I’m leaving now
• I’M AUDI5000!
int. 1995 US sl. – I’m leaving now
• I’M A WRECK
n. 1940s rhyming sl. – a cheque
• IMBAKE
vb. 1632 obs. rare – to encrust, to bake
• IMBANKATION
n. 1776 obs. rare – an embankment
• IMBARGE
vb. 1596 obs. – to embark
• IMBARS BIDBIB
phr. E20 Brit. sl. – I May Be A Rotten Sod, But I Don’t Believe in Bullshit
• IMBASTARDIZE
vb. 1649 obs. rare – to render bastard or degenerate
• IMBEAR
vb1657 – . to make or lay bare
• IMBECILE
adj. a1677 obs. rare – made away with, squandered, or dissipated
vb. 1593-40 obs. – to make imbecile, weak, or impotent; to impair, to weaken, to enfeeble, to debilitate
• IMBECILITATE
vb. 1647 obs. – to make weak or feeble; to deprive of strength
• IMBELLIC
adj. a1620 obs. – unwarlike
• IMBELLIOUS
adj. 1602 obs. – unwarlike, cowardly
• IMBENIGNITY
n. 1675 obs. rare – unkindness
• IMBER
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a number
vb. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to number
• IMBERBIC
adj. 1623 obs. rare – without a beard, beardless
• IMBESILLY
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – imbecile and silly
• IMBIBED
adj. Bk2009 sl. – drunk
• IMBIBED GIGGLE WATER
adj. Bk2009 sl. – drunk
• IMBIBED TOO FREELY
adj. Bk2009 sl. – drunk
• IMBIBER
n. a1735 – one who imbibes or drinks
• IMBIBITION
n. 1844 – drinking
• IMBLEMISHMENT
n. 1529 obs. – defacement, injury
• I’M BLOWED!
int. M19 sl. – an exclamation of surprise, shock, etc.; I’ll be damned!
• IMBO
n. 1953 Aust. sl. – a simpleton, a fool; an imbecile; a gullible person, esp. the victim of a criminal
• IMBOG
vb. 1812 Sc. obs. – to engulf as in a bog
• IMBOLISH
vb. 1592 obs. – to do away with; to make away with; to abolish
• IMBONITY
n. 1621 obs. rare – the reverse of goodness; unkindness
• IMBOO
n. a1838 Sc. – a welcome, a kindly or hospitable reception
vb. 1908 Sc. – to welcome, to greet hospitably
• IMBOSK
vb. 1562 obs. – to hide or conceal oneself
• IMBOST
n. 1677 obs. – foam from the mouth of an animal
vb. 1. 1590 obs. rare – to drive a hunted animal to extremity; to cause to foam at the mouth
vb. 2. 1590 obs. rare – to foam, as a result of hard running
• IMBOSTED
adj. 1628 obs. – foaming at the mouth, like a madman
• IMBRAKE
vb. 1613-18 obs. – to entangle
• IMBRANGLE
vb. 1856 Eng. dial. – to confuse, to entangle; to embroil
• IMBRATE
vb. 1542 obs. rare – to defile, to sully, to pollute
• IMBREAST
vb. 1867 rare – to hold in one’s breast or bosom
• IMBRID
adj. 1623 obs. – wet, rainy
• IMBRIFEROUS
adj. 1813 rare – rain-bringing; showery
• IMBROGLID
adj. 1670 obs. rare – embroiled; involved in a quarrel
• IMBROGLIO
n. 1. 1750 – a confused heap
n. 2. 1818 – a state of great confusion and entanglement; a complicated or difficult situation (esp. political or dramatic); a confused misunderstanding or disagreement
• IMBROIN
vb. 1566 obs. – to befoul
• IMBROTHELED
adj. 1593 obs. rare – placed in a brothel
• IMBRUE
vb. 1430 obs. – to stain, to dirty; to defile
• IMBRUED
adj. c1430 – stained, dyed, etc., esp. with blood or slaughter
• IMBRUTE
vb. 1640 – to degrade to the level of a brute; to make bestial; to brutalize
• IMBRUTISH
vb. 1639 obs. rare – to degrade to the level of a brute; to make bestial; to brutalize
• IMBUGGERANCE
n. 1961 Aust. sl. – irrelevance, indifference
• I’M BUGGERED!
int. 1966 – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment
• IMBUITION
n. 1658 obs. rare – a thorough moistening
• IMBURSE
vb. 1. c1530 rare – to put into one’s purse, or a purse; to stow away; to store up
vb. 2. 1641-6 obs. – to enrich
vb. 3. 1721 rare – to pay, to refund
• IMBURSEMENT
n. 1665 rare – the act of supplying with money; payment
• IMBUTE
vb. 1657 obs. rare – to steep, to soak
• IMBUTION
n. 1657 obs. rare – steeping, soaking
• IMBY
n. 1980s US sl. – a fool, a simpleton
• I’M CHEST NOT BREAST!
int. 1940s African-American & teen sl. – an exclamation expressing one’s masculinity, used to deny suggestions that one is weak or effeminate
• I’M DAMNED!
int. M18 sl. – an exclamation of annoyance, astonishment, surprise, etc.
• I’M DARNED!
int. 19C euphemism – a mild oath
• I’M DEAD UP TO THE COVE
phr. 1807 Amer. sl. – I know the man well
• I’M DEEP ENOUGH
phr. 1954 US sl. – I quit, pay me
• IME
n. 1. 1825 Sc. – soot, esp. that formed on the bottom of a pot or kettle
n. 2. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – the tip of the nose
n. 3. c1920 Sc. – a scum which forms on the surface of a liquid
• I MEAN!
int. 1933 Amer. dial. – an expression of surprise or strong assertion
• I MEAN THAT!
int. 1977 US sl. – I agree with what you just said!
• I MEAN TO SAY!
int. 1843 UK sl. – used as an emphasis of the speaker’s sincerity
• I’M EASY
phr. 1940s sl., orig. Aust. – I don’t mind, I’m satisfied whatever the outcome
• I-MELE
vb. a1000 obs. – to speak, to say
• IMELLE
adv. c1420 obs. – together
prep. a1300 obs. – amid, among
• I-MENE
adj. c1000 obs. – common; shared or owned in common
adv. c1200 obs. – in common, together
• IMET
adj. 1908 Sc. – of a nondescript colour; applied to anything badly washed or dyed
• I-METE
adj. c1175 obs. – moderate; meet, fit, appropriate
• IMEY
adj. 1. 1866 Sc. – sooty, black
adj. 2. 1958 Sc. – of the sky: dark
• IMEY-WIMEY
n. 1920s African-American sl. – a meek-sounding, whining voice
• IMEZ
adv. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – near
• IMFERENCE
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – sauciness, impertinence
• I’M FROM MISSOURI
phr. 1898 US colloq. – used to denote ones scepticism and suspicions; generally used with some form of ‘I’m from Missouri, you have to show me’
• IMFU
phr. World War II usage – an immense military blunder; ‘Imperial Military Fuck-up”
• I’M GHOST
phr. 1990s African-American sl. – I’ve left, I’m leaving
• I’M GONE
phr. 1993 US sl. – used as a farewell
• I’M HANGED!
int. L16 sl. – an exclamation of surprise, annoyance, etc.
• I’M HISTORY
phr. 1984 US sl. – used as a farewell
• IMID
adv. a1300 obs. – in the middle of
prep. a1300 obs. – amid, amidst
• I MIGHT AS WELL SPEAK TO ME BUM – AT LEAST IT TALKS BACK
phr. Bk1998 NZ sl. – protest at being ignored
• I-MILCE
vb. c1000 obs. – to have mercy upon; to pardon
• IMIN
n. 1893 Eng. dial. – a thin scum or covering
• I’M IN THE WIND
phr. 1970s sl. – goodbye
• IMIT
n. 1885 nonce word – lowest point
• IMITABLY
adv. 1616 obs. – by way of imitation of counterfeiting
• IMITAMEN
n. 1677 obs. rare – an imitation; a counterfeit
• IMITANCY
n. 1832 nonce word – the quality of imitating
• IMITANT
n. 1888 rare – that which imitates; a counterfeit article or product
• IMITATE
n. 1669 obs. rare – an imitation
vb. a1626 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to make an attempt; to endeavour to do something
• IMITATION
n. 1. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – an attempt
n. 2. 1965 Amer. dial. – a playing marble; a choice marble made in imitation, as of an agate, etc.
• IMITATION BIRD
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – a mockingbird
• IMITATRESS
n. a1834 – a female imitator
• IMITATRIX
n. 1606 – a female imitator
• IMITATURE
n. 1652 obs. rare – imitation
• I’M JIGGERED!
int. 1886 – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment
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