Dictionary: KIM – KIZ

► KIMBAW vb. 1.  to trick, cheat, or cozen → 1865 sl.
vb. 2.  to beat or to bully → 19C sl.
► KIMBERLEY MUTTON n. roast goat → 20C Aust. sl.
► KIMBERLEY OYSTER n. a meat fritter → 20C Aust. sl.
► KIMBLE vb. to walk in the exaggerated style of a pimp → 1960 African-American sl.
► KIME n. 1. a simpleton, a fool, a silly fellow → 1535 obs.
n. 2. a weasel → 1768 Eng. dial.
► KIMIMBLE n. an exaggerated, identifiable pimp walk → 1960 African-American sl.
vb. to walk in the exaggerated style of a pimp → 1960 African-American sl.
► KIM-KAM adj. crooked, awkward, perverse, contrary → 1582 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
adv. crookedly, awry; in a wayward, perverse, or contrary way → 1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. an altercation; irritating language → 19C Eng. dial.
vb. to bicker, to argue, to retort; to use pert language → 19C Eng. dial.
► KIMMER n. 1. a godmother, in her relationship to the other godparents and the parents of the child → 1303 Sc.
n. 2. a female companion or intimate → 1513 Sc.
n. 3. a woman, a female → 1700 Sc.
► KIN n. 1. a class of persons, animals, or things, having common attributes; a species, sort, kind → 1000 obs.
n. 2. a thief → 18C UK criminals’ sl.
► KINARKEY n. a woman wearing garish make-up → 1990 W. Indies sl.
► KINAT n. an impertinent, conceited youngster → 20C Irish sl.
► KINCH n. 1. a (small) child → M16 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 2. a young woman → M18 UK criminals’ sl.
► KINCHEN ► KINCHIN  n. 1. a (small) child → M16 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 2. a young woman → M18 UK criminals’ sl.
► KIND-HEART n. a tooth-drawer; a dentist → 17C jocular usage, obs.
► KINDNESS n. coition → E18 euphemism
► KINESOMANIA n. a mania for movement → 1991 (Bk.)
► KINETOPHOBIA n. an abnormal fear or dislike of motion → 1991 (Bk.)
► KINEY adj. fusty, tainted → 1901 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► KING n. 1. a Black person → 20C US colloq., derogatory
n. 2. a person with deviant sexual desires → 20C sl.
n. 3. a deviant sexual practice → M20 US sl.
► KING CANUTES n. boots → M19 rhyming sl.
► KINGDOM COME n. 1. the next life, either heaven or hell → 18C colloq.
n. 2. rum → 20C Brit. rhyming sl.
► KING-FISH n. 1. the person in charge → 1933 US sl.
n. 2. a political leader → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KING HARRYS n. playing cards of the second quality → 1842
► KING-HIT n. a knock-out punch, esp. an unfair one → 1912 Aust. sl.
vb. to punch someone suddenly and hard, and often unfairly → 1959 Aust. sl.
► KING KONG n. poor-quality drink → 1946 US sl.
► KING KONG PILLS n. barbiturate tablets or capsules → M20 US drug culture sl.
► KING LEAR n. a male homosexual → E20 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘queer’
► KING-MEMBER n. the penis → 19C Brit. sl.
► KING OF CLUBS n. a lecher; a whoremonger → 19C Brit. sl.
► KINGS AND QUEENS n. baked beans → 20C rhyming sl.
► KING’S BAD BARGAIN n. an unsatisfactory soldier → 18C Eng. sl.
► KING’S BOOKS n. a pack of cards → M17 sl.
► KING’S COLLEGE n. the King’s Bench prison → L18
► KING’S CRUSE! int. a traditional cry requesting a pause in a combative game → M19 juvenile usage
► THE KING’S ELEVATOR n. an extreme put-down, disappointment, or affront; total victimization → 1950 US sl.
► THE KING’S ELLWAND n. the constellation called Orion’s belt → 1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► KING’S ENGLISH n. standard American English → 1920 African-American sl.
► KING’S EX! int. a traditional cry requesting a pause in a combative game. an exclamation like ‘time!’ → M19 juvenile usage
► KING’S EXCUSE n. in children’s games, an exclamation like ‘time’ → M19 Amer. dial.
► KING’S HABIT n. cocaine → 1980 drug culture sl.
► KING’S HEAD INN n. Newgate prison → L18 sl.
► KING SHIT n. an arrogant, self-opinionated person → 1940 sl., orig. US
► KINGSMAN n. 1. a silk handkerchief in a variety of colours, as worn by costermongers of both sexes → M19 sl.
n. 2. a silk handkerchief with a green base and a yellow pattern → M19 sl.
► KINGSMAN OF THE RORTIEST n. a very gaudy silk handkerchief → M19 sl.
► KINGS ON HOLY GHOST n. baked beans on toast → 20C rhyming sl.
► KING’S PEG n. a champagne cocktail, champagne mixed with brandy → L19 sl.
► KING’S PICTURES n. money → L17 sl.
► KING SPIT n. an arrogant, self-opinionated person → 1940 sl., orig. US
► KING’S PLATE n. chains, fetters → E19 sl.
► KING’S PROCTOR n. a doctor → 20C rhyming sl.
► KING’S SAX! int. a traditional cry requesting a pause in a combative game → M19 juvenile usage
► KINGSWOOD LION n. a donkey → E19 sl.
► KING TUT’S REVENGE n. diarrhoea contracted in the Middle East → 1970 US sl.
► KING WINTER n. winter → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KINIFEE n. a knife → 1950 Aust. teen sl.
► KINK n. 1. a cramp, spasm, or stiffness in the neck, back, etc. → 1788 
n. 2. a whimsical idea, a slight eccentricity → 19C US sl.
n. 3. a development or aspect, esp. if surprising, clever, or tricky; a wrinkle; also, a tricky way of doing something → 1825 Amer. sl.
n. 4. a Black person; used contemptuously → 1865 Amer. sl., derogatory or offensive
n. 5. a thief, esp. an expert in stealing automobiles → 1914 Amer. sl.
n. 6. a crook; a larcenous criminal → 1914 Amer. sl.
n. 7. a usually short sleep; a nap → 1929 Amer. nautical sl.
n. 8. a good idea → 1930 Aust. sl.
n. 9. a perverse desire or inclination; a fetishistic or otherwise unconventional sexual preference → 1959 Amer. sl.
n. 10. a person having bizarre tastes or ideas, esp. one habituated to unconventional sexual practices → 1964 Amer. sl.
► KINK-CHASER n. a fireman delegated to straighten out the kinks or bends in hose line → 1944 Amer. Fire Dept. usage
► KINKED adj. sexually unconventional or perverse → 1993 Amer. sl.
► KINKER n. a circus performer → 1909 Amer. sl.
► KINKHEAD n. a Black person: used contemptuously → M19 Amer. sl., derogatory
► KINK IN ONE’S HORN n. a mental twist, an eccentric line of conduct → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KINKLE vb. 1. to become twisted or kinked → 1814
vb. 2. of hair: to curl → 1860
► KINKO n. 1. an eccentric person → 1960 US sl.
n. 2. a person who is sexually unconventional or perverse → 1967 Amer. sl.
► KINKSTER n. 1. in baseball: a pitcher, esp. one who specializes in throwing pitches which break suddenly or sharply just before reaching the batter → 1900 colloq., obs.
n. 2. a person who provides a solution or workaround in order to fix or improve something → 1947
n. 3. a person who engages in sexual practices regarded as non-conventional → 1966
► KINKY adj. 1. exhibiting unusual idiosyncrasies of personality; quirky; odd, bizarre, eccentric → 1847 sl.
adj. 2. given to loose or immoral behaviour → 1889 Amer. sl.
adj. 3. attractive or provocative in a bizarre way → 20C colloq.
adj. 4. pert. to a male or female homosexual → 20C Brit. & US sl.
adj. 5. of livestock: frisky → 1900 US sl.
adj. 6. high-spirited → 1902 Amer. sl. obs.
adj. 7. dishonest, crooked, criminal → 1903 Amer. criminals’ sl.
adj. 8. lively, strong, energetic → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 9. stolen → 1927 Amer. criminals’ sl.
adj. 10. sexually unconventional or perverse → 1942 Amer. prostitute’s sl.
adj. 11. very odd or unusual; arousing suspicion → 1948 Amer. sl.
adj. 12. angry → 1978 Amer. sl.
n. 1. one who has kinky hair → 1926 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a Black person → 1926 US sl., derogatory or offensive
n. 3. anything that has been obtained dishonestly, esp. a stolen car → 1927 Amer. criminals’ sl.
n. 4. a sexual eccentric → 1950 sl.
n. 5. a prostitute’s customer, who prefers an abnormal or unconventional kind of sexuality or copulation → 1959 Amer. prostitutes’ sl.
n. 6. a low-budget film devoted mainly to the depiction of cruelty combined with graphic, esp. unconventional, sexual acts → 1967 Amer. entertainment industry usage
► KINKYHEAD n. a Black person: used contemptuously → 1860 Amer. sl.
► KINKY-NOB n. a Black person → 20C US colloq., derogatory
► KINKY-SEX n. deviant sex acts → M20 US sl.
► KINLEEN-ROE n. an icicle → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► KINNAT ► KINNATT n. an impertinent, conceited youngster → 20C Irish sl.
► KIO vb. to assume indifference; to ‘Kiss It Off’ → 1968 US sl. (Bk.)
► KIOODLE ► KIYOODLE ► KYOODLE n. 1. a small, noisy dog → L19 sl.
n. 2. a worthless fellow → 20C sl.
n. 3. worthless talk → 1920 sl.
► KIP n. 1. a brothel → 1766 sl.
n. 2. bed → 1879 sl.
n. 3. a place to sleep; a lodging house; lodgings, esp. a hotel room or apartment → 1883 Amer. sl., esp. among itinerants
n. 4. sleep or slumber; rest; a nap a period of sleep → 1893 sl.
n. 5. the place where one sleeps, one’s home → L19 sl.
n. 6. a night-watchman → 1920 US criminals’ sl.
n. 7. a job → 1920 Anglo-Irish
n. 8. any form of place, building → 1930 sl.
n. 9. a bedroom → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 10. the face → 1990 Sc.
vb. 1. to play truant → E19 sl.
vb. 2. to sleep or take a nap → 1889 sl.
vb. 3. to lodge → L19 sl.
vb. 4. to sit, to lie → 1900 sl.
vb. 5. to put someone to bed → 1950 sl.
vb. 6. to sleep on the streets → 1970 US criminals’ & teen sl.
► THE KIP n. a bed, a place to sleep → 1859 Amer. sl., esp. criminals’ usage
► KIP DOWN vb. to prepare for sleep; to go to bed → 1889 sl.
► KIP-HOUSE n. 1. a brothel → 1766 Brit. sl.
n. 2. a place to sleep → 1883
► KIP-KEEPER n. a brothel-keeper; a madame → M18 sl.
► KIPP vb. to sleep → E19 sl.
► KIPPER n. 1. an Englishman; an English immigrant → 1943 Aust. sl., derogatory
n. 2. a torpedo → 1953 sl.
n. 3. an adult who cannot afford to move away his or her parent’s home → 21C colloq. (Kids In Parents’ Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings)
► KIPPERED adj. utterly defeated or outwitted → 20C sl.
► KIPPERSOME adj. 1.  frolicsome → 19C Eng. dial.
adj. 2.  of a horse: prancing, apt to startle → 19C Eng. dial.
adj. 3.  amorous, fond → 1859 Eng. dial.
► KIPPY adj. 1. striking, prepossessing → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 2. excellent; first-rate → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
adj. 3.  orderly, tidy, neat → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KIPPY-DOPE n. a woman considered solely as a sexual object → 1915 World War I US military usage
► KIP-SHOP n. 1. a brothel → 1766 Brit. sl.
n. 2. a place to sleep → 1883
► KIPSIE ► KIPSY n. 1. a house, the home → 1916 Aust.
n. 2. a lean-to, a shelter; a dugout → 1919 Aust. 
► KIRKED adj. crooked, bent; turning upwards → 1400 obs.
► KISHKA ► KISHKE ► KISHKEH ► KISHKER n. intestines → 1959 sl.
► KISKEEDEE n. a French person (“Qu’est-ce qu’il dit?”) → 1971 Amer. dial.
► KISMET n. fate, destiny → 1849
► KISS n. copulation → E18 Brit. euphemism
vb. to copulate → E18 Brit. euphemism
► KISS A BALL vb. to connect for a hit → 1926 US baseball sl. (Bk.)
► KISS-ASS adj. servile and obsequious → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. a person who is servile and obsequious → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. flattery; nonsense → M20 US sl.
vb. to curry favour; to act the sycophant → M20 US sl.
► KISS CAPS WITH vb. to drink out of the same vessel with → 1715
► KISSER n. 1. the mouth → 1860 sl.
n. 2. the face → 1892 sl.
n. 3. a homosexual male → M20 US sl.
► KISSER WIPER n. a blow in the face → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KISSING-STRINGS n. cap or bonnet strings tied under the chin → 1705 obs.
► KISSING THE EARTH phr. said of an airplane standing on its nose after a crash → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
► KISSING-TRAP n. the mouth → 1854 sl.
► KISS-IN-THE-RING n. an old game in which one person kisses another after a chase round a ring of players → 1801
► KISS MARY vb. to smoke marijuana → 1970 US drug culture sl. (Bk.)
► KISS-ME-QUICK n. a short veil → 1845
► KISS MY ARSE! ► KISS MY ASS! int. a derisive retort; also an expression of amazement, contempt, or derision → 1554
► KISS MY SISTER’S BLACK CAT’S ASS! int. a derisive retort; also an expression of amazement → 1969
► KISS MY TAIL! int. drop dead! → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► KISS OF DEATH n. something that causes failure, destruction, etc. → 1948
► KISS-OFF n. 1. a sudden, usually offensive dismissal → 20C sl.
n. 2. death → 20C US criminals’ sl.
 (verbs usually as ‘kiss off’)
vb. 1. to perform penilingus → E20 US criminals’ sl.
vb. 2. to ignore or dismiss rudely and abruptly → 1935 US sl.
vb. 3. to kill; to die → 1945 US sl.
► KISS-OFF COURSE n. an academic course requiring little or no study effort → 1968 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► KISS SOMEONE’S ARSE ► KISS SOMEONE’S ASS vb. to be obsequious or sycophantic towards someone; to curry favour with someone → 1749 sl.
► KISS THE BABE vb. to take a drink → 1912 sl.
► KISS THE BABY IN THE BOAT vb. to perform cunnilingus → 1930 sl.
► KISS THE DOG vb. of a pickpocket: to face his victim → 1972 US criminals’ sl.
► KISS THE DUST vb. to die → 19C Brit. sl.
► KISS THE FISH vb. to smoke hashish → M20 US drug culture sl.
► KISS THE GUNNER’S DAUGHTER vb. to be tied to a gun for a flogging → 1785 nautical sl., obs.
► KISS THE HARE’S FOOT vb. to be late for meals; to be late for anything → 1613 obs.
► KISS THE MAID vb. to be executed by the ‘maiden’ (a decapitating machine) → 17C colloq.
► KISS THE PORCELAIN GOD vb. to vomit → 20C US sl.
► KISS THE ROD vb. to submit to punishment → 1586
► KISSY adj. showing exaggerated affection, esp. by frequent touching or kissing → 20C colloq.
► KISSY-FACE adj. limited to kissing only → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► KISSY-KISSY adj. showing exaggerated affection, esp. by frequent touching or kissing → 20C colloq.
► KISTER n. 1. the female genitals → E20 US criminals’ sl.
n. 2. a suitcase → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 3. the posteriors; the anus → M20 US sl.
► KIT n. clothing; often used in the context of undressing → 1985 sl., chiefly Brit.
► KITASH adj. fine, elegant, stylish; beautiful → 1967 Amer. dial.
► KIT-CAT n. the game of ‘tip-cat’ → 1665
► KITCHEN n. 1. the female genitals → 19C Brit. sl.
n. 2. anything eaten as a relish with other food → 19C Sc. obs.
n. 3. the percussion section of an orchestra → 20C colloq.
► KITCHEN BIDDY n. a female kitchen work, as in a restaurant → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KITCHEN-CLEANER n. one who performs ‘anilingus’ → M20 US homosexual sl.
► KITCHENEER n. a kitchen manager, as in a restaurant → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KITCHENER n. a cooking stove → 1829
► KITCHEN-FEE n. the fat that falls from meat in roasting → 1485
► KITCHEN HALYARDS n. domestic duties, esp. of a culinary nature or work in the kitchen → 1916 Amer. dial.
► KITCHENIST n. a person who works in a kitchen; a cook → 1617 obs.
► KITCHEN-KNAVE n. a scullion → 1440 obs.
► KITCHEN MECHANIC n. 1. a cook → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. a kitchen worker in a restaurant → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KITE n. 1. a paunch, a belly → 19C Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a rapacious person → 19C
n. 3. an aircraft → 20C Royal Air Force sl.
n. 4. a letter or message smuggled into or out of prison → 1923 sl.
n. 5. a blank, dud, or forged cheque → 1927 sl.
vb. 1.  to write a cheque before one has sufficient money in one’s bank to cover it → 20C colloq.
vb. 2. to smuggle a letter or message into or out of prison → 1925 sl.
vb. 3. to be slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KITE BOX n. a box used both for institutional correspondence and for passing on messages that accuse fellow inmates of illegal activity → 1990 US prison sl.
► KITE-FLYING n. 1. testing public opinion by circulating rumours, etc. → 20C
n. 2. the juggling of cheques between accounts so as to create a sham balance of funds on which to draw → 20C
► KITE PASTE n. thick gravy → 1950 Amer. dial.
► KITH n. 1. the country or place that is known or familiar; one’s native land, home; hence, country, region → 888 obs. 
n. 2. knowledge, acquaintance with something; knowledge communicated, information → 900 obs.
n. 3. the persons who are known or familiar, collectively; one’s friends, fellow-countrymen, or neighbours → 1000 obs. 
n. 4. knowledge how to behave; rules of etiquette → 1375 obs. 
► KITH AND KIN n. orig. country and kinsfolk; later, acquaintance and kinsfolk, one’s friends and relatives → 1377
► KITLING n. a kitten → 1530 obs. exc. Sc.
► KITSCH adj. trashy or vulgar → 1958 German
n. 1. trash → 1926 German
n. 2. art, literature, fashion. etc., dismissed as being of merely popular taste or appeal, vulgar, sentimental, or sometimes pretentious → 1926 German
► KITTEN BRITCHES phr. said to a child when he asks “What are you making?” → 1965 Amer. dial.
► KITTERIN adv. diagonally → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► KITTIE n. a prostitute → 16C sl.
► KITTIE-HUNKERS adv. in a squatting position; esp. used to express a way of sliding on ice whilst sitting on the hams → 1825 Sc.
► KITTIES ► KITTYS n. one’s furniture or household effects → L18 sl.
► KITTLE adj. difficult to deal with, esp. because touchy, obstinate, or intractable; fickle, capricious → 1568 orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to tickle → 1000 chiefly Sc.
vb. 2. to offend; to puzzle → 1823 chiefly Sc.
► KITTLE CATTLE n. awkward customers → 1818 orig. Sc.
► KITTLE PITCHERING n. a way of cutting off a boring talker by continually interrupting them with small queries → L18 sl.
► KITTLE-TONGUED adj. fluent, given to falsehoods → 19C Eng. dial.
► KITTLY adj. 1. easily offended; sensitive → 1822 Sc.
adj. 2. ticklish → 1822 Sc.
► KITTLY-BENDERS n. thin bending ice, the act of running on thin bending ice → 1854 Amer. dial.
► KITTOCK ► KITTOK n. a familiar or disrespectful term for a girl or young woman; esp. a woman of loose character; a wanton, an unchaste woman; a mistress, a concubine → 1470 Sc.
► KITTY n. 1. a cat, used esp. as a calling name → 1719
n. 2. the female genitals → 19C Brit. sl.
n. 3. a prison, a lock-up → 19C sl.
n. 4. a jail → 1825 arch.
n. 5. a young, inexperienced girl → 20C US sl.
n. 6. monetary resource → 1903 sl.
n. 7. a woman, esp. in a sexual context → 1910 sl.
n. 8. a Cadillac → 1930 African-American sl.
n. 9. an easy teacher or course → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► KITTY- CAT n. 1. the vagina → L19 sl.
n. 2. a young, inexperienced girl → 20C US sl.
n. 3. a woman, esp. in a sexual context → 1910 sl.
n. 4. a Cadillac → 1930 African-American sl.
► KITTYDID n. a green grasshopper → 1965 Amer. dial.
► KITTY-HOP n. 1. any form of scheme whereby the criminal cannot lose → 1910 US criminals’ sl.
n. 2. a practical joke → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► KITTY LITTER n. HIV → 1990 US homosexual sl.
► KITTY-MACBIAS adj. out of line, askew, awry, diagonal → 1960 Amer. dial.
► KITTYWAMPUS adj. askew, awry, wrong → 1950 Amer. dial.
► KITTY WREN n. the wren → 1648
► KIT WITH THE CANSTICK n. a will o’ the wisp → 1584 obs.
► KIVER n. a man → 19C sl.
► KIVEY n. a man → 19C sl.
► KIWASH n. money, esp. obtained illegally, and requiring laundering → 1980 US sl.
► KIWI adj. 20C – pert. to New Zealand or New Zealand culture
n. 1. a New Zealander → 1918 sl.
n. 2. a non-flying member of an airfield staff → 1918 colloq.
n. 3. a homosexual → 1970 sl.
► KIWI GRACE n. a name for the exclamation ‘2, 4, 6, 8, bog in, don’t wait!’; i.e. an illusion to the New Zealander’s enthusiasm or greediness for food → 1970 sl.
► KIWI HAIRCUT n.  a short-back-and-sides haircut → 1950 NZ sl.
► KI-YI n. 1. a dog → 1895 US sl.
n. 2. a bark → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. L19 US sl. – to shout, to yell
► KIYOODLE n. a dog → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)