Dictionary: LAD – LADZ

► LAD n. 1. a serving-man, attendant; a man of low birth and position; a varlet → 1300 obs.
n. 2. a lively young man; a man of spirit and vigour → 1553 sl.
n. 3. a young male servant or employee, esp. on a farm → 1721 Sc.
n. 4. a male lover, a sweetheart → 1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 5. a familiar or affectionate name for a man; a husband, son, or boon companion; a fellow → 1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 6. a mischievous, tricky fellow → 19C Anglo-Irish
n. 7. an unmarried man, a bachelor → 1825 Sc.
n. 8. a dashing fellow → L19 colloq.
n. 9. a penis → 20C Irish sl.
n. 10. a fox → 20C Irish sl.
n. 11. a creature → 20C Irish sl.
n. 12. any inanimate object → 20C Irish sl.
n. 13. one of its kind; an outstanding or extreme example → 1902 Sc.
n. 14. a person; used depreciatingly of either sex → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. of a woman: to go sweethearting → 1837 Sc. obs.
► THE LAD n. 1. cancer or tuberculosis → 1997 Ireland
n. 2. the penis → 2001 UK sl.
► LAD-AGE n. the age of boyhood → 1605 obs.
► LAD AND LASS n. a pair of sweethearts → 1834 Sc.
► LAD-BAIRN n. a male child, a young son → 1776 Sc.
► LADDED adj. of a male child: born → 1866 Eng. dial.
► LADDER n. 1. the steps to a gallows → 1533 obs. exc. hist.
n. 2. the female genitals; spec., the vagina → 19C Brit. sl.
n. 3. the main track in a railway yard → 1946 US sl.
n. 4. a stairway of any sort → 1986 US Navy sl.
vb. 1. to hang down → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 2.  to lounge about idly; to behave in a giddy, romping manner → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LADDER-LOOSE n. a dropped stitch in a stocking, etc. → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LADDER-LOWSE n. a dropped stitch in a stocking, etc. → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LADDER-STAVE n. the rung or round of a ladder → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LADDESS n. a girl, a lass → 1768 nonce
► LADDIE n. 1. a young lad; a term of endearment to a lad → 1546
n. 2. a form of address to a lad → 1546
n. 3. a male sweetheart, a boyfriend → 1728 Sc.
n. 4. in a deck of playing cards: a jack → 1988 US sl.
n. 5. a boy or girl with gay parents → 1990 US homosexual sl
► LADDIE-BAIRN n. a male child → 1873 Sc.
► LADDIE-BAND n. a band of troop of boys → 1896 Sc.
► LADDIE-COWT n. a term of affection → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LADDIE-DAYS n.  boyhood, the days of youth → 1856 Sc.
► LADDIE-HOOD n. boyhood, the days of youth → 1893 Sc.
► LADDIE-IN-A-JACKET n. a novice → 1889 Sc.
► LADDIE-LOON n. a youth → 1886 Sc.
► LADDIE-PADDIE adj. boyish → 1886 Sc.
► LADDIER n. one who is fond of boys → 1768 Sc.
► LADDIE-WAX n. a youth, a boy → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LADDIE-WEAN n. a small boy → 1889 Sc.
► LADDIKIE n. a little lad, a term of affection for a boy → 1882 Sc.
► LADDISH adj. 1. used, often disapprovingly, of the lively behaviour of young men responding to hose things that appeal to them, as alcohol, sports, sex → 1841 UK sl.
adj. 2. boyish → 1884 Eng. dial.
► LADDISHNESS n. the lively behaviour of young men responding to the things that appeal to them, as alcohol, sports, sex → 1886 UK sl.
► LADDISM n. the character of a lad → 1843
► LADDO n. 1. a spirited youth, a bit of a lad → 1870 Ireland
n. 2. a form of address to a lad → L19 colloq., orig. Irish
n. 3. a hooligan → 1990 sl.
► LADDOCK n. a little lad, a term of affection for a boy → 1883 Sc.
► LADDOCKIE n. a young boy → 1890 Sc.
► LADE n. 1. a ladder → 1784 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a ditch, a drain → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to bale out, to empty water by means of a vessel; to ladle → 1777 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to load → 1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► LA-DE-DA adj. very stylish; affectedly smart of costume, voice, manners; pretentious → 1860 colloq
n. 1. language or behaviour characterized by affectation, pretension, or preciosity; hence, a person notable for such behaviour; a fop or swell → 1883 colloq.
n. 2. a cigar → 20C rhyming sl.
n. 3. a tram-car or motorcar → 20C rhyming sl.
► LA-DE-DAH adj. affected; pretentious → 1922 sl.
n. language or behaviour characterized by affectation, pretension, or preciosity; hence, a person notable for such behaviour; a fop or swell → 1935 US sl.
► LA-DEE-DA adj. 1. stuck-up, arrogant, snobbish → L19 sl.
adj. 2. effeminate, affected → L19 sl.
► LADEEZ n. ladies, often as a term of address → 1995 UK sl.
► LADEEZ AND GERMS n. ladies and gentlemen, often as a term of address → 1995 UK sl.
► LADEL n. ? a little path, a by-path → 1387 obs.
► LADEN n. 1. a load, a burden → 1773 Sc. obs.
n. 2. a dipper, a ladle → 1936 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a food turner, a spatula → 1970 Amer. dial.
► LADENED adj. laden → 1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► LADENIN TIME n. the time of laying in winter provisions → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► LADETTE n. a young woman characterized by her behaviour and positive involvement in activities stereotypically enjoyed by males, as drinking, swearing, sports, etc. → 1995 UK sl.
► LADHOOD n. the state of being a lad → 1883
► LA-DI-DA ► LA-DI-DAH adj. 1. snobbish, arrogant, pretentious → 1895 colloq.
adj. 2. effeminate, affected → L19 sl.
n. 1. one who affects gentility; a snob → 1883 sl.
n. 2. snobbishness; upper-class and/or wealthy hedonism → L19 sl.
n. 3. a car → 1970 rhyming sl.
n. 4. a cigar → 1977 Brit. rhyming sl.
n. 5. the Daily Star newspaper → 1998 UK rhyming sl.
vb. to use affected speech or manners → 1882 UK sl.
► LA-DI-DAH-DI n. a fantasy → 1980 sl.
► LADIDAISM n. snobbishness; upper-class and/or wealthy hedonism → L19 sl.
► LA-DI-DA LAND n. a state of being out of touch with reality; dreamland → 1987 US sl.
► LADIED adj. lady-like; soft, gentle → 1628 obs.
► LADIES n. 1. a ladies’ lavatory → 1930 sl.
n. 2. a generic term for prostitutes → 1960 African-American sl.
► LADIES A PLATE, GENTS A CRATE phr. used in party invitations to request female guests to bring a dish of food and male guests to bring something to drink → 1984 NZ 
► LADIES’ BOARDING HOUSE n. a brothel → M19 sl.
► LADIES’ COLLEGE n. a brothel → 18C sl.
► LADIES’ DELIGHT n. 1. the penis → 19C sl.
n. 2. the pansy → 1841 Amer. dial.
► LADIES’ FAIR n. a bazaar → 1844
► LADIES’ FEVER n. any venereal disease → M19 Brit. jocular euphemism
► LADIES FROM HADES n. a kilted Scottish Highland regiment → 1982 US Army jocular usage
► LADIES FROM HELL n. a kilted Scottish Highland regiment → 1918 US Army jocular usage
► LADIES’ LOLLIPOP ► LADIES’ LOLLYPOP n. the penis → 19C Brit. jocular euphemism
► LADIES’ PLAYTHING n. the penis → 19C sl.
► LADIES’ TAILOR n. a womanizer; a promiscuous man; a lecher; a whoremonger → 19C Brit. sl.
► LADIES’ TAILORING n. copulation → E19 Brit. sl.
► LADIES’ THIMBLE n. the foxglove → 1900 Amer. dial.
► LADIES’ THIMBLES n. the foxglove → 1827 Sc.
► LADIES’ TREASURE n. the penis → 19C sl.
► LADIES’ WALK n. a women’s restroom; a W.C. → 19C US sl.
► LAD IN BLACK n. a clergyman, a minister → 1821 Sc.
► LADING AND CALING phr. living from hand to mouth; saving in little things so as to make both ends meet → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LADING AND TEEMING phr. living from hand to mouth; saving in little things so as to make both ends meet → 1883 Eng. dial.
► LADINO adj. of a horse or cow: vicious, unmanageable, wild → 1892 Amer. dial.
n. a vicious, unmanageable horse, full of cunning and tricks → 1892 Amer. dial.
► LADKIN n. a young lad → 1642
► LAD-LASS n. 1. an effeminate male, possibly a male homosexual → 20C Eng. dial.
n. 2. a rough, romping girl; a tomboy → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LADLE n. 1. the cup of an acorn → 1599 obs.
n. 2. a tadpole, from its shape → 1838 Sc.
vb. 1. to talk slowly and solemnly → 19C sl.
vb. 2. to dawdle → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LADLE-YED n. a tadpole → 1902 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAD-LICKED adj. beaten or vanquished by a youth → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAD-LIKE adj. boyish, masculine → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAD-LOUPER n. a romp, a tomboy; a forward girl → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAD OF A BOY n. a young person → 1966 Amer. dial.
► LAD OF A PUP n. a young dog → 1966 Amer. dial.
► LAD OF WAX n. 1. a cobbler; a shoemaker → 1794 sl.
n. 2. a boy; a weak or unimportant man → L18 sl.
n. 3. a fine spirited fellow; a sharp, clever youth → 1826 Eng. dial.
► LADRONE n. 1.  a vague term of reproach; a rogue, rascal, blackguard; a lazy knave → 1557 Sc.
n. 2. a sloven, a dirty fellow → 19C Sc.
n. 3. a highwayman, pirate, robber, thief (main usage in books on Spain or Spanish America) → 1832
► LADRY n. impure discourse → 1400 Sc. obs.
► THE LADS n. male friends; the men of a regular social group, team, etc. → 1896 UK sl.
► LADS-ALIVE! int. an exclamation → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LADS IN BLACK n. the clergy, ministers → 1821 Sc.
► LADS OF THE VILLAGE n. thieves → E19 sl.
► LAD STONES n. stones piled on the top of a mountain → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAD-WEAN n. a male child, a young son → 1810 Sc.
► LAD-WENCH n. a rough, romping girl; a tomboy → 1895 Eng. dial.
► LADY adj. 1. ladylike, fit for a lady → 1810 Sc.
adj. 2. effeminate → 2003 UK homosexual sl.
n. 1. a mistress in relation to servants or slaves; the female head of a household → 825 obs.
n. 2. the Virgin Mary → 900
n. 3. a woman who rules over subjects, or to whom obedience or feudal homage is due → 1000 poetic or rhetorical usage
n. 4. a woman who is the object of chivalrous devotion; a mistress → 1374
n. 5. a queen at chess → 1489 obs.
n. 6. a crooked or hunchbacked woman → 17C sl.
n. 7. a female hound → 1861
n. 8. a wife → 1872 Amer. dial.
n. 9. one’s girlfriend → 1893
n. 10. a queen in a pack of playing cards → L19 sl.
n. 11. a woman who can afford to live without working for her living; an idle woman → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 12. a term of contempt → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 13. an independent, high-class prostitute → 1930 African-American sl.
n. 14. one’s effeminate homosexual partner → 1932 US prison sl.
n. 15. a homosexual man → 1932 UK sl.
n. 16. a five-pound note, or the sum of £5 → 1960 UK sl. for ‘fiver’ (Lady Godiva)
n. 17. a recruit in basic training; used contemptuously → 1965 US sl., esp. US Marine Corps usage
n. 18. a term of address to a fellow homosexual male → 1960 homosexual sl.
n. 19. an effeminate homosexual → 1970 homosexual sl.
n. 20. the pipe used for smoking base or crack → 1970 drug culture sl.
n. 21. a prostitute, usually as associated with a particular pimp → 1972 US sl.
n. 22. cocaine → 1974 US sl.
► THE LADY n. 1. cocaine → 1960 US drug culture sl.
n. 2. the Statue of Liberty → 1986 US sl.
► LADY ABBESS n. a brothel-keeper, a madame. a bawd; a procuress → L17 sl.
► LADY AND GENTLEMAN RACKET n. the theft of barnyard fowls → M19 sl.
► LADY-BAIRN n. a female child of social rank; one born to be a lady → 1863 Sc.
► LADY-BEETLE n. the ladybird Coccinella septempunctata → 1868 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► LADY BERKELEY n.  the vagina → 19C sl.
► LADY BIRCH n. a switch used to punish children → 1941 Amer. dial.
► LADYBIRD n. 1. a prostitute → 16C sl.
n. 2. a sweetheart; often used as a term of endearment → 1592
n. 3. a lewd or wanton woman → 17C sl.
n. 4. a nice, ladylike, kept mistress → 17C sl.
► LADYBITS n. the female genitals → 2003 UK sl.
► LADY BLAMEY n. a drinking glass made by cutting the top of a bottle using a kerosene-soaked string → 1945 Aust. sl.
► LADY BOWER n. a woman’s private room or bedroom → 1832
► LADYBOY n. 1. a transgender or transsexual young man → 1990 sl.
n. 2. a person with mixed sexual physiology, usually the genitals of a male and surgically augmented breasts; a pre-surgery transsexual or transvestite → 1992 UK sl.
► LADY-BROKE adj. of a horse: well-trained, gentle → 1944 Amer. dial.
► LADY CAINE n. cocaine → 1980 drug culture sl.
► LADY-CHAIR n. a seat formed by the hands of two persons standing facing each other: each person grasping his own left wrist with his right hand, and the wrist of the opposite person with his left hand, or vice versa → 1869
► LADY-CHASER n. a philanderer → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LADY-CLOCK n. a ladybird → 1848
► LADY COME BACK n. a type of bet in an illegal numbers game lottery → 1957 US sl.
► LADY-COUCH n. the ladybird Coccinella septempunctata → 1790 Eng. dial.
► LADY-COW  n. 1. a ladybird → 1606
n. 2. a term of mock dignity for a cow → 1649
► LADY-CRACKER n. a small firecracker → 1940 US sl.
► LADY DACRE’S WINE n. gin → E19 sl.
► LADY-DOG n. a rude and shrewish woman; a bitchy woman → M19 euphemism
► LADY-ELLISON n. the ladybird Coccinella septempunctata → 1859 Sc.
► LADY ERRANT n. a humorous feminine analogue of ‘knight errant’ → 1643 obs.
► LADY ESTHER n. a pretentious or self-important woman → 1966 Amer. dial.
► LADY ESTHERBILT n. a pretentious or self-important woman → 1966 Amer. dial.
► LADY-FART n. a small firecracker → 1940 US sl.
► LADY-FASHION adv. in sledding: coasting sidewise, with the left leg slightly folded under the body → 1892 Amer. dial.
► LADY-FEAST n. sexual intercourse, esp. when indulged in gluttonously → M17 Brit. sl.
► LADYFIED adj. affecting the airs of a fashionable lady → 1602 sl.
► LADYFINGER n. 1. a weak or effeminate fellow; a cowardly man → 1942 US sl. 
n. 2. an easy-hitting boxer → 1942 Amer. boxing sl. (Bk.)
n. 3. a small firecracker → 1944 Amer. sl.
► LADY FIVE FINGERS n. a boy’s or man’s hand in the context of masturbation; masturbation → 1969 US sl.
► LADY FLOWER n. the vagina → M19 US euphemism
► LADY-FLY n. a ladybird → 1714
► LADY FROM BRISTOL n. a pistol → 1968 rhyming sl.
► LADY FROM THE GROUND UP n. a woman who is drunk and disorderly → L19 US sl.
► LADY GODIVA n. a five-pound note, or the sum of £5 → 1960 UK sl. for ‘fiver’
► LADY GREEN n. a prison chaplain → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
► LADY H n. heroin → 1960 US drug culture sl.
► LADY HALEY n. a well-behaved, obliging little girl → 1904 Amer. dial.
► LADYHEAD n. the condition of a being a lady; rank as a lady → 1390 obs.
► LADY-HEARTED adj. soft-hearted, disposed to help people → 1938 Amer. dial.
► LADY-HEN n. the lark, Alauda arvensis → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LADY HOT-BOT n. a highly sexed or over-sexed girl → 1920 sl.
► LADY IN THE RED DRESS n. the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1999 US sl.
► LADY IN THE STRAW n. a woman in childbed → 1867 Eng. dial.
► LADY IN WAITING n. 1. a pregnant woman → 20C Brit. & US colloq.
n. 2. a man who loiters in or near public toilets in the hope of sexual encounters → 1981 US homosexual sl.
► LADY IT vb. to be lady or mistress; to be the wife of a laird → 1892 Sc.
► LADY JANE n. 1. the vagina → M19 euphemism
n. 2. a common-law wife or girlfriend → 1987 Can. sl.
► LADY KILLER n. a man who is credited with a dangerous power of fascination over women → 1811 sl.
► LADYKIN n. a little lady; sometimes used as a term of endearment → 1853
► LADYKIND n. the lady or female portion of a party; also: a woman → 1829
► LADY-LANDERS n. the ladybird Coccinella septempunctata → 1808 Sc.
► LADY LAYCOCK n. 1. a prostitute → 18C sl.
n. 2. the vagina → 18C sl.
► LADYLING n. a little lady → 1855
► LADY-LOCK n. the ladybird Coccinella septempunctata → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LADY-LOVE n. 1. a lady who is loved; a sweetheart → 1733
n. 2. love for ladies → 1818
vb. to engage in lesbian activity → 1934 US sl.
► LADY-LOVER n. a lesbian; usually used contemptuously → 1921 US sl.
► LADY LUCK n. good fortune personified → 1205 UK
► LADYLY adj. befitting or characteristic of a lady; ladylike → 1300 obs.
adv. in a manner befitting a lady → 1450 obs.
► LADY-MONGER n. a term of contempt for a lady’s man → 1597
► LADY-MOON n. a new moon → 1878 Eng. dial.
► LADY MUCK n. a pompous, self-opinionated condescending woman → 1957 sl.
► LADYNESS n. 1. effeminacy → 1785
n. 2. gentility, ladylikeness → 1823 Sc.
► LADY NICOTINE n. tobacco → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LADY OF BABYLON n. an abusive term for the Roman Catholic Church (referencing the ‘scarlet woman’ of the Apocalypse) → 1860
► LADY OF BRISTOL n. a pistol → 20C rhyming sl., orig. Aust.
► LADY OF EASY VIRTUE n. a woman whose chastity is easily assailable; a sexually loose woman; a prostitute → 1785
► LADY OF EXPANSIVE SENSIBILITY n. a prostitute → E19 Brit. sl.
► LADY OF HONOUR n. a lady who holds the position of attendant to a queen or princess → 1631 obs.
► LADY OF LEISURE n. a prostitute → E20 US criminals’ sl.
► LADY OF PLEASURE n. a prostitute; a mistress or female lover → 1637 euphemism
► LADY OF PRESENCE n. a lady who holds the position of attendant to a queen or princess → 1530 obs.
► LADY OF ROME n. an abusive term for the Roman Catholic Church (referencing the ‘scarlet woman’ of the Apocalypse) → 1860
► LADY OF THE BROOM n. a housemaid → 1793
► LADY OF THE EVENING n. a prostitute → 1925 euphemism
► LADY OF THE FRYING-PAN n. a cook → 1809 jocular usage
► LADY OF THE LAKE n. a kept mistress → 1625 obs.
► LADY OF THE NIGHT n. a prostitute → 1925 euphemism
► LADY OF THE WATERS n. Louisiana heron → 1916 Amer. dial.
► LADY-PACK n. a pack of female hounds → 1861
► LADY PENGUINS n. nuns in general → 20C Aust. sl.
► LADY QUINCE n. a switch made of quince wood, used to punish children → 1932 Amer. dial.
► LADY RAIN n. a gentle rain → 1993 Amer. dial.
► LADY’S BOWER n. clematis → 1597
► LADY’S DELIGHT n. the violet → 1860
► LADY’S EARDROPS n. the fuchsia → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THE LADY’S ELLWAND n. the constellation called Orion’s belt → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► LADY’S FINGER n. 1. a banana → 1893
n. 2. a slender beer glass, with an hour-glass shape → 1930 Aust. sl.
► LADY’S FINGERS n. the foxglove → 1855 Eng. dial.
► LADY’S GLOVE n. the foxglove → 1902 Eng. dial.
► LADY SHOVEL n. a small, lightweight shovel → 1984 Amer. dial.
► LADY-SITTER n. a lady who allows herself to be appraised and painted → 1887 Brit. painters’ sl.
► LADY’S JEWELS n. the testicles → M18 sl.
► LADY’S LOW TOUPEE n. the female pubic hair → E18 Brit. sl.
► LADY’S MONTHLY JOURNAL n. menstruation → 1966 Amer. dial.
► LADY SNOW n. 1. a respected upper-class White woman → 1950 African-American sl.
n. 2. cocaine → 1969 US drug culture sl.
► LADY’S O’ HEAVEN’S HEN n. the wren, Troglodytes parvulus → 1895 Sc.
► LADY’S RUFFLES n. the daffodil Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus → 1896 Eng. dial.
► LADY’S TAIL n. a thatch of matted hair on a newborn child; it was believed that it should not be touched, but allowed to fall out of its own accord; otherwise it was thought to bring misfortune → 1981 Amer. dial.
► LADY-STAR n. the female genitals → L16 Brit. sl.
► LADY’S THIMBLE n. the foxglove → 1888
► LADY’S WAIST n. the drink served in a slender beer glass with an hour-glass shape → 1934 Aust. sl.
► LADY’S WISH n. a slender beer glass, with an hour-glass shape → 1930 Aust. sl.
► LADY’S WOMAN n. a lady’s maid → 1748
► LADY’S YARD-BAND n. the three stars forming the belt of the constellation Orion → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LADY-WARE n. 1. the male genitals, esp. the penis → L16 sl.
n. 2. the female genitals → M17 Brit. sl.
► LADY WASP n. a small wasp → 1969 Amer. dial.
► LADY WINE n. a sweet wine → 1968 Amer. dial.
► LADY-WIT n. an effeminate pretender to culture → 1647 obs.
► LADY WITH THE TEN FLOUNCES n. the goldfinch, Carduelis elegans → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LADY WITH THE TWELVE FLOUNCES n. the goldfinch, Carduelis elegans → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LADY-WORSHIPPER n. one who worships the Virgin Mary → 1579
► LADY-YED n. a tadpole → 1894 Eng. dial.