Dictionary: KAK – KAR

• KAK
adj. 1970s UK & S. Afr. sl. – contemptible, unpleasant, inferior, nasty  
n. 1939 Amer. dial. – a saddle, esp. an old or ill-fitting one  
vb. 1. 1960s US sl. – to vomit  
vb. 2. 1970s S. Afr. sl. – to defecate  
 
• KAKA
n. 1. 1952 US sl. – excrement  
n. 2. M20 US drug culture sl. – heroin or counterfeit heroin
 
• KAKA QUEEN
n. 1950s homosexual sl. – one who sexual preferences involve excrement
 
• KAKAROCH
n. 1665 obs. – a cockroach  
 
• KAKE
n. 1892 Ireland – a stitch in the side  
 
• KAKER
n. 1. 1930s sl. – anything or anyone unpleasant or distasteful  
n. 2. 1960s sl. – cannabis  
 
• KAKISTOCRACY
n. 1829 – the government of a state by the worse citizens  
 
• KAKKER
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – in nursery language: dirty  
 
• KAKKER-BOOSAH
n. 19C sl. – prematurely voided excrement  
 
• KAKKERLAK
n. 1813 – a cockroach  
 
• KAKPOT
n. 1970s S. Afr. criminals’ sl. – a latrine 
 
• KAKS
n. 1. L19 sl. – trousers  
n. 2. 20C Irish sl. – the testicles  
n. 3. 1960s sl. – knickers, underpants  
 
• KALA
n. 1955 Hawaii – a dollar; money  
 
• KALAHARI WISHING WELL
n. 1970s S. Afr. sl. – an outdoor privy  
 
• KALE
n. 1. a1480 Sc. – broth or soup made with various kinds of vegetables 
n. 2. 1794 Sc. – dinner, food  
n. 3. 1912 Amer. sl. – money 
 
• KALE-BELL
n. a1776 Sc. – the dinner-bell 
 
• KALE-BROSE
n. 1824 Sc. – broth made from colewort or other greens, vegetable soup  
 
• KALE-BROTH
n. 1891 Sc. – broth made from colewort or other greens, vegetable soup  
 
• KALE-CASTER
n. 1899 Sc. – a mischievous person who throws the stems of colewort or cabbage down chimneys in sport  
 
• KALE-GARTH
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a kitchen-garden, a small cottage garden  
 
• KALE-POT WHIG
n. Bk1902 Sc. – one who does not go to church but stops at home on Sundays  
 
• KALE-RUNT
n. 1875 Sc. – a term of contempt  
 
• KALE-RUNTLE
n. 1896 Sc. – a term of contempt  
 
• KALE SEED
n. 20C US sl. – money  
 
• KALE-SELLER
n. 1792 Sc. – a greengrocer  
 
• KALE-SUPPER
n. 1816 Sc. – one who is fond of broth; a name given to the Fifeshire people from their noted love of broth  
 
• KALE-TIME
n. 1787 Sc. – dinner-time  
 
• KALE-WIFE
n. 1866 Sc. – a scold  
 
• KALE-WORM
n. 1. 1773 Sc. – a caterpillar  
n. 2. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a term of contempt for a tall, slender person  
 
• KALEY
n. 1840 Sc. & Ireland – a social evening, esp. among neighbours; an evening’s informal entertainment, generally including singing and the telling of stories; a friendly visit; chat, gossip among neighbours
vb. 1892 Ireland – to chat, to gossip  
 
• KALE-YARD
n. 1725 Sc. – a cabbage-garden, kitchen-garden, such as is commonly attached to a small cottage  
 
• KALI
n. 1950s W. Indies Rasta usage – marijuana  
 
• KALIED
adj. 1937 sl. – drunk  
 
• KALI-WATER
n. 1970s sl. – champagne  
 
• KALK SOMEBODY’S DOOR
vb. 1946 Sc. – to avoid visiting one as a sign of displeasure, from the practice of marking with chalk the doors of houses where plague was present as a warning to keep away or, in later times, where the tenant was under notice to move  
 
• KALL
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a waterfall  
 
• KALOTYPOGRAPHY
n. 1834 – beautiful printing  
 
• KALUMPUS!
int. M19 – onomatopoeic term indicating the noise made when an objects falls on a hard surface  
 
• KALWART
adj. 1866 Sc. – of weather: coldish, fresh and bracing  
 
• KALY
n. 1843 Ireland – a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours  
vb. 1892 Ireland – to chat, to gossip  
 
• KALYIN
n. 1954 Sc. – gossiping  
 
• KAME
n. 1. 1814 Sc. – a long, narrow, steep-sided mound or ridge; a hill-ridge  
n. 2. 1905 Sc. – a small peninsula, in the form of a narrow, low isthmus, leading from a cliff to the shore  
n. 3. 1920 Sc. – a combing of the hair  
vb. 1. 1929 Sc. – to scold; to give a ‘dressing down’  
vb. 2. 1938 Sc. – of a child: to climb or clamber up  
vb. 3. 1941 Sc. – to be eager for something  
 
• KAMERAD!
int. 1915 military usage – stop! that’s enough!  
 
• KAMING
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – of bees: issuing forth in a stream when leaving the hive to swarm, ‘towthering’  
 
• KAMMA
adj. 20C S. Afr. sl. – fake, trumped up, spurious; esp. said of emotions or illness  
 
• KAMMO
n. 1825 Sc. – a stroke with the hand; a stroke on the head with the fist  
 
• KAMMOCK
n. 1825 Sc. – a stroke with the hand; a stroke on the head with the fist  
 
• KAMOO
n. 1825 Sc. – a stroke with the hand; a stroke on the head with the fist
 
• KAMPSJIOUS
adj. 1914 Sc. – captious, disposed to catch at faults  
 
• KAN
n. 1. 1914 Sc. – charge, responsibility; one’s particular method of doing a thing  
n. 2. 1929 Sc. – magic art, witchcraft; ‘a superstitious term used when trying for fish’  
 
• KANACKA
n. 1840 – a native of the South Sea Islands, esp. one employed in Queensland as a labourer on the sugar plantations  
 
• KANAKA
n. 1. 1820 chiefly Hawaii, often derogatory – a Hawaiian native, esp. a man; the Hawaiian language
n. 2. 1840 orig. Aust. – a Pacific Islander, esp. one brought to Australia as an indentured labourer on the Queensland cotton or sugar plantations  
 
• KANAKALAND
n. L19 Aust. sl. – Queensland  
 
• KANAKALANDER
n. L19 Aust. sl. – a Queenslander  
 
• KANAKAS
n. 20C Aust. sl. – the testicles
 
• KANAKER
n. 1840 – a native of the South Sea Islands, esp. one employed in Queensland as a labourer on the sugar plantations  
 
• KANCUMS
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – tricks, pranks  
 
• KANE
n. 1. 1893 Eng. dial. – water at low tide between the outer sandbank and the beach  
n. 2. 1938 Hawaii – a male; a man, a husband  
 
• KANG
adj. a1225 obs. – foolish, silly
n. a1225 obs. – a fool 
 
• KANGA
n. 1. c1890 Aust. colloq. – a kangaroo 
n. 2. 1920s rhyming sl. (kangaroo) – a shoe  
n. 3. 1920s rhyming sl. (kangaroo) – a Jew  
n. 4. 1920s rhyming sl. for ‘screw’ (kangaroo) – a prison warder  
n. 5. 1950s UK prison rhyming sl. (Kangaroo = ‘chew’) – chewing tobacco  
n. 6. 1950s Aust. rhyming sl. (Kangaroo = ‘screw’) – money  
n. 7. 1970s sl., orig. Aust. – a pneumatic drill  
n. 8. 1980s Aust. sl. – a White child  
 
• KANGAR
n. 1950s UK prison rhyming sl. (Kangaroo = ‘chew’) – chewing tobacco  
 
• KANGAROO
n. 1. 1865 – one who advances by fitful jumps  
n. 2. 1884 – a form of bicycle with sloping backbone, introduced in 1884 early form of the safety bicycle
n. 3. 1888 humorous usage – a native of Australia  
n. 4. M19 US – an irregular court, esp. one set up by prisoners or strikers  
n. 5. L19 sl. – a thin, slopes-shouldered person  
n. 6. 1920s rhyming sl. – a Jew  
n. 7. 1920s rhyming sl. for ‘screw’ – a prison warder  
n. 8. 1926 Sc. – a children’s method of sliding on ice; the popular method was for a couple to sit on their hunkers and any of boys and girls to fall in behind, each one holding on to the one in front; this was called a ‘kangaroo’; when the ‘kangaroo’ overturned, its component parts were flung helter-skelter, a squirming mass of exuberant yelling humanity  
n. 9. 20C rhyming sl. – a shoe  
vb. 1. 1889 – to make a great jump  
vb. 2. 1910s US sl. – to beat up  
vb. 3. 1950s African-American sl. – to make one hyperactive; often used of a drug  
vb. 4. 1970s colloq. – of a car: to move forward or to cause a car to move forward with short sudden jerks, as a result of improper use of the clutch
vb. 5. 20C US sl. – to convict unjustly, orig. as in a ‘kangaroo court’  
 
• KANGAROO-BEAR
n. 1885 – the koala  
 
• KANGAROO COURT
n. M19 US – an irregular court, esp. one set up by prisoners or strikers  
 
• KANGAROOER
n. B1943 Aust. colloq. – a kangaroo hunter  
 
• KANGAROO FEATHERS
n. 1910s Aust. sl. – an impossible thing, often an unlikely story  
 
• KANGAROO HOP
n. L19 Aust. sl. – a short-lived feminine affectation in which the hands were held palm-down at the breast  
 
• KANGAROO IT
vb. 1950s Aust. sl. – to defecate in a squatting position, usually with one’s feet on the seat  
 
• KANGAROOLAND
n. 1900s Aust. sl. – Australia  
 
• ‘KANGAROOS
n. 1896 Aust. Stock Exchange usage – West Australian mining shares; also, a dealer in these  
 
• KANGAROO SHIT
n. 1940s Aust. sl. – defecation in a squatting position  
 
• KANGAROO START
n. L1930s Aust. sl. –  caused by a faulty clutch or bad technique; the car shudders and moves off jerkily 
 
• KANGAROOSTER
n. 1920s Aust. sl. – an amusing or eccentric person  
 
• KANGAROO STRAIGHT
n. 1950s US sl. – a poker hand which resembles a straight but has a card or cards missing, hence a worthless hand  
 
• KANGAROO VALLEY
n. c1950 sl. – Earl’s Court, London; an area popular among Australian expatriates 
 
• KANGE
vb. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to flog severely  
 
• KANGING
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a severe flogging  
 
• KANGLED
adj. 1577 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – tangled  
 
• KANGO
n. 1940s sl. – an Australian  
 
• KANGOL
n. 1990s African-American & teen sl. – a beret  
 
• KANGSE
n. 20C W. Indies sl. – a light blow, usually given to a child, and usually on the head  
vb. 20C W. Indies sl. – to hit lightly
 
• KANI
n. 1. 1940s W. Indies sl. – a bad cough, usually with a temperature  
n. 2. 1940s W. Indies sl. – a person who has a bad cough
 
• KANIKER
n. 1619 obs. rare – a seller of ale
 
• KANITS
n. M19 back-slang – a stink  
 
• KANITSENO
n. M19 back-slang – a stinker, ‘stinking one’
 
• KAN-KAYERS
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – tricksters; confederates who unite to disparage anything they wish to buy, or make fictitious offers and praise anything they wish to sell  
 
• KANKEDORT
n. c1374 obs. rare – a state of suspense; a critical position; a predicament; an awkward affair
 
• KANKER
n. 1930s sl. – a Jew  
 
• KANKERDORT
n. c1374 obs. rare – a state of suspense; a critical position; a predicament; an awkward affair
 
• KANNAT
n. 1869 Ireland – a sharp, wily fellow; a peddler, a dealer
 
• KANOCK
n. M19 sl., sometimes derogatory – a Hawaiian
 
• KANOZZLE
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – the nose  
 
• KANSAS CITY BANKROLL
n. 1940s African-American & gambling sl. – a show bankroll in which 1 large-denomination note is exhibited on the outside, concealing a quantity of small bills  
 
• KANSAS CITY FISH
n. 1944 Amer. dial. – fried salt pork  
 
• KANSAS CITY ROLL
n. 1940s African-American & gambling sl. – a show bankroll in which 1 large-denomination note is exhibited on the outside, concealing a quantity of small bills  
 
• KANSAS CITY WORKOUT
n. 1970s US homosexual sl. – watching men go boy  
 
• KANSAS NECK-BLISTER
n. L19 US sl. – a Bowie knife  
 
• KANSAS YUMMY
n. 1960s US sl. – a young woman who proves hard to seduce; she need not necessarily come from Kansas, but the implication is of small-town or rural innocence and morality  
 
• KANT
n. 1. 1851-61 tramps’ sl. – food  
n. 2. 1908 Sc. – humour, state of mind  
n. 3. 1908 Sc. – manner of treating a person or of doing something; behaviour
n. 4. 1929 Sc. – opportunity, occasion  
 
• KANUCK
n. 1891 Amer. dial. – a Canadian  
 
• KANUK
n. 1835 Amer. dial. – a Canadian  
 
• KANURD
adj. 1851 Eng. back-slang – drunk
 
• KAP
vb. 1898 – to take off the heads and remove the entrails of fish → Sc.
 
• KAPA
n. 1887 – a bed quilt → Amer. dial.
 
• KA PAI
int. 20C – good! well done! → NZ Maori usage
 
• KAPELLO
n. M19 – a coat → sl.
 
• KAPLOOEY!
int. 1930 – onomatopoeic term indicating the noise made by the explosion of something soft and messy, as a large fruit or a living body → sl.
 
• KAPOK-CRUNCHER
n. 1980 – a male homosexual → Aust. sl.
 
• KAPOODLE
n. 1915 – the whole lot; a group; a crowd → Amer. dial.
 
• KAPOW!
int. 1930 – an onomatopoeic term indicating a sudden noise or shock, typically an imitation of a handgun firing → sl.
 
• KAPOWIE!
int. 1930 – an onomatopoeic term indicating a sudden noise or shock, typically an imitation of a handgun firing → sl.
 
• KAPP
vb. 1898 – to take off the heads and remove the entrails of fish → Sc.
 
• KAPPA
n. 1990 – a disabled person; hence, a general insult → UK juvenile sl.
 
• KAPS
n. 1970 – phencyclidine → drug culture sl.
 
• KAPSWALLA
vb. L19 – to steal → US criminals’ sl.
 
• KAPU
adj. 1826 – forbidden, off limits; often used as a warning to deter trespassing  
 
• KAPUT
adj. 1. 1910 – out of order, utterly ruined or exhausted; broken → sl.
adj. 2. 1910 – dead, finished → sl.
 
• KAREKOYLE
n. 1889 – a mode of sliding in a crouching position → Eng. dial.
vb. 1889 – to slide in a crouching position → Eng. dial.
 
• KAREMON
n. 1400 – a man, a male → obs.
 
• KARIBAT
n. M19 – food → Anglo-Indian
 
• KARK (IT)
vb. 1977 – to die → Aust. sl.
 
• KARLISH
adj. 1240 – churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean 
 
• KARLSOME
adj. 1930 – awkward, difficult to manage or manipulate → Sc.
 
• KARMA
n. 1960 – an emotional or spiritual state of being, either good or bad; orig. used by hippies, from Hindu and Buddhist beliefs, but latterly very little to do with religion → US sl.
 
• KARMIC
adj. 1885 – of the nature of karma  
 
• KAROS
n. 1598 – heavy sleep, torpor → obs.
 
• KARRIEWHITCHIT
n. 1902 – a term of endearment for a child → Sc. (Bk.)
 
• KARSEY
n. 1. 1961 – a lavatory → UK sl.
n. 2. 2002 – a brothel → UK sl.
 
• KARZEY • KARZY
n. 1961 – a lavatory → UK sl.