Dictionary: LIL – LIQ

► L.I.L. n. one’s unmarried partner for the time being; Live-In Lover → 20C Brit colloq.
► LIL ► LILL n. £5 → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► LILACS n. 1. the beard → 1897 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. comparatively full side whiskers → 1919 US sl.
n. 3. a false beard → 1942 Amer. theatrical sl. (Bk.)
► LILDER vb. to lounge about idly; to behave in a giddy, romping manner → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LILIES-OF-THE-VALLEY n. haemorrhoids → 1990 homosexual sl.
► LILIKOI n. the passion fruit → 1929 Hawaii
► L’IL JOHN n. an outdoor toilet building → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LILLEY AND SKINNER n. 1. a beginner → 1920 rhyming sl.
n. 2. dinner → 1920 rhyming sl.
► LILLIAN n. the police → 1970 homosexual sl.
► LILLIAN GISH n. 1. a dish → 1920 Aust. rhyming sl.
n. 2. a fish → 1920 Aust. rhyming sl.
► LILLIAN GISHED adj. drunk → 1950 rhyming sl. for ‘pissed’
► LILLY adj. little, in size or quantity → 1922 Amer. dial.
► LILLYDEW n. a perspiration, sweat; an excitement → 1854 Eng. dial.
► LILLY F-40 n. an orange-coloured 100 mg capsule of secobarbital sodium (Seconal™), a central nervous system depressant → 1977 US sl.
► LILLY LAW n. a policeman; the police; used derisively → 1949 US homosexual usage 
► LILLYLOO n. a lullaby; a refrain, a song → 1818 Sc.
► LILLY-WUNTERS! int. an exclamation of amazement or surprise → 19C Eng. dial.
► LILY n.  an innocent and naive youth; a young homosexual → 20C Brit. sl.
► LILY LAW n. a policeman; the police; used derisively → 1949 US homosexual usage 
► LILY LIVER n. a person who is afraid; a coward → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LILY-LIVERED adj. cowardly → 1857
► LILYWHITE-GROAT n. 1 shilling → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► LILY WHITES n. bed sheets → 1946 US sl.
► LIMA n. marijuana → 1998 UK sl.
► LIMB vb. 1. to cut the branches from a tree; rarely, to prune → 1839 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to beat severely, to whip, to flog → 1949 Amer. dial.
► LIMBER n. ice that will bend when you step on it, but not break → 1950 Amer. dial.
► LIMBER AS A DISHRAG adj. limp, weak, exhausted → 1909 Amer. dial.
► LIMBER AS A GREASY RAG adj. limp, weak, exhausted → 1866 Amer. dial.
► LIMBER AS A RAG adj. limp, weak, exhausted → 1818 Amer. dial.
► LIMBER BELLY n. ice that will bend when you step on it, but not break → 1954 Amer. dial.
► LIMBER BELLY ICE n. ice that will bend when you step on it, but not break → 1966 Amer. dial.
► LIMBER BRIDGE n. ice that will bend when you step on it, but not break → 1950 Amer. dial.
► LIMBER-DICKED adj. impotent → 1984 Amer. sl.
► LIMBERHAM n. 1. one who has ‘limber hams’, a supple-jointed person; fig. a servile flatterer; an obsequious person → 1689 obs.
n. 2. an irresolute or vacillating person → 1704 obs.
► LIMBER ICE n. ice that will bend when you step on it, but not break → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LIMBER JACK n. 1. a whip or other flexible instrument of punishment, as a cane or ferrule → 1860 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a loose-jointed, flexible person; a contortionist → 1909 Amer. dial.
n. 3. ice that will bend when you step on it, but not break → 1950 Amer. dial.
► LIMBER JIM n. 1. a loose-jointed, flexible person; a contortionist → 1930 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a whip or other flexible instrument of punishment, as a cane or ferrule → 1940 Amer. dial.
n. 3. ice that will bend when you step on it, but not break → 1950 Amer. dial.
► LIMBER LEAD n. ice that will bend when you step on it, but not break → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LIMBER-LEGGED adj. feeling weak in the legs → 1967 Amer. dial.
► LIMBERLY adv. exhaustedly, weakly → 1909 Amer. dial.
► LIMBER SICK adj. weak, unable to stand or walk because of illness → 1929 Amer. dial.
► LIMBERY adj. limber, flexible → 1930 Amer. dial.
► LIMBO n. marijuana grown in Colombia → M20 US drug culture sl.
► LIMB OF SATAN n. a wicked or mischievous person, esp. a child → 1851 Amer. dial.
► LIMB-SKINNER n. a cowboy who works in brush country → 1936 US West. sl.
► LIMBY adj. having many limbs or branches → 1953 Amer. dial.
► LIME n. 1. anything or anyone undesirable; esp. used of a woman → M19 sl.
n. 2. a term of disparagement → 1913 students’ sl. (Bk.)
vb. to impregnate a bitch → M16 obs.
► LIME-FINGERED adj. given to pilfering → 1546 obs.
► LIMEJUICER n. 1. a British sailor → L19 jocular usage, mildly derogatory 
n. 2. a Britisher → 1913 Amer. navy sl.
► LIMEY n. 1. orig. a British immigrant, and hence, a British person → 1888 sl., orig. Aust., NZ & S. Afr.
n. 2. a British sailor → 20C colloq., mildly derogatory
► THE LIMIT n. coition → 20C US colloq.
► LIMMER adj. knavish, scoundrelly, roguish, rascally → 1500 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 1. a rogue, a rascal, a knave, a scoundrel → 1456 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 2. an unchaste, loose, or immoral woman; a mistress, a prostitute → 1566 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 3. a sarcastic or contemptuous term for any female → 1720 Sc.
n. 4. a malevolent or mischievous woman → 1752 Sc.
n. 5. a wild, undisciplined girl; a bold, impudent girl or woman; a jade, a hussy → 1786 Sc.
n. 6. a mischievous boy → 1880 Sc.
► LIMNOPHOBIA n. an abnormal fear of lakes → 1991 (Bk.)
► LIMOUS adj. muddy, slimy → 1420 obs.
► LIMP adj. drunk  → 20C US colloq.
► LIMPARD n. a contemptuous name for a person who limps, a cripple → 1653 obs.
► LIMPING JESUS n. a lame man → 1897 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► THE LIMPS n. the Liberals → L19 Brit. political sl.
► LIMPSY adj. limp, flimsy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LIMPTY n. a crippled beggar → 1930 US tramps’ sl.
► LIMP-WRIST adj. weak; effeminate; homosexual → 1950 sl., orig. US
n. 1. an effeminate man, almost always homosexual → 1950 US sl.
n. 2. a weakling; a social ‘liberal’ → 1990 sl., orig. US
► LIMP-WRISTED adj. of men: effeminate; soft; weak; homosexual; usually derisive → 1957 US sl.
► LIMP WRISTER n. a male homosexual → 1950 sl., orig. US
► LIMPY adj. lame; crippled → 1955 Amer. dial.
n. a crippled beggar → 1930 US tramps’ sl.
► LIMPY-GO-FETCH n. a disabled person → 1997 US sl.
► LIMPY UP adj. disabled → 1966 Bahamas sl.
► LIMSY adj. weak, flexible → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► LINCH n. a leech → 1968 Amer. dial.
► LINCOLN n. 1. a $5 note → 1945 US sl.
n. 2. a five-dollar prostitute → 1965 US sl.
► LINCOLN DROP n. the small tray near a shop’s cash till with pennies which customers may use for making exact payments → 1997 US sl.
► LINCOLNSHIRE GREMLIN n. a sharp-toothed gremlin, fond of biting the control wires → 1940 Royal Air Force sl.
► LINCOLNSHIRE YELLOW-BELLY n. a native of Lincolnshire → 18C Brit.
► LINCOLN’S INN n. 1. a hand → L19 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘fin’
n. 2. gin → L19 Brit. rhyming sl.
n. 3. a £5 note → L19 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘finn’
► LINCOLN TUNNEL n. in homosexual usage: a loose anus and rectum → 1981 US sl. 
► LINDED adj. lined → 1981 US sl. 
► LINDY vb. to travel in an airplane → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LINDY-HOP vb. to travel in an airplane → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LINE n. 1. loin → 1815 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a special verbal approach, esp. as an introduction to seduction; a chat-up line → 1903 UK sl.
n. 3. a red-light district; skid row; an area of cheap housing → 1927 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a vein, esp. in the context of injecting drugs → 1938 US drug culture sl.
n. 5. an attractive female → 1941 Aust. sl.
n. 6. rope → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
n. 7. a young girl or woman → M20 Aust. sl.
n. 8. political philosophy → 1968 US sl.
n. 9. money → 1972 US sl.
n. 10. a dose of powdered cocaine arranged in a line for snorting → 1973 US drug culture sl.
n. 11. in sports betting: the points or odds established by a bookmaker that govern the bet → 1977 US sl.
n. 12. collectively, the prostitutes in a brothel who are available for sex at a given moment → 1987 US sl.
n. 13. the area housing a prison’s general population → 1989 US sl.
n. 14. an assembly line in a factory → 1996 US
vb. 1. of dogs: to copulate → 14C
vb. 2. of a male dog: to impregnate a bitch → 14C
vb. 3. to copulate → 17C sl.
► LINE-BACK adj. of a horse or cow: having a stripe down the back → 1856 Amer. dial.
n. (as ‘line back’) a horse or cow having a stripe down the back → 1893 Amer. dial.
► LINE-BACKED adj. of a horse or cow: having a stripe down the back → 1841 Amer. dial.
► LINE CROSSER n. in the Korean war: a soldier who crossed the main line of resistance to find and retrieve prisoners of war  → 1967 US sl.
► LINED adj. 1. drunk; lined with a coating of alcohol → E20 US sl.
adj. 2. popular, full of people → 1960 Amer. sl.
► LINEDED adj. lined → 1883 Amer. dial.
► LINE GALE n. severe weather associated with the spring and autumn equinoxes → 1836 Amer. dial.
► LINE HOUSE n. a place where liquor was sold and consumed illegally → 1909 Amer. dial.
► LINEN n. underwear → 19C
► LINEN BRITCHES WINTER n. a period of cold weather in the spring → 1950 Amer. dial.
► LINE ONE’S FLUE vb. to eat → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► LINE ONE’S JACKET vb. to eat or drink; to fill one’s stomach; to stuff oneself → 1611 obs.
► LINE OUT vb. 1. to reprimand, to discipline, to punish → 1927 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to straighten out, to organize → 1938 Amer. dial.
► LINER n. a freelance literary or journalistic hack → M19 sl.
► LINE-SHOOT n. boastful talk → 1943 Brit. sl.
vb. to boast, to brag → 1942 Brit. sl.
► LINE-SHOOTER n. a boastful talker → 1942 Brit. sl.
► LINE STORE n. a place where liquor was sold and consumed illegally → 1909 Amer. dial.
► LINE STORM n. severe weather associated with the spring and autumn equinoxes → 1850 Amer. dial.
► LINE UP vb. to castrate → 1949 Amer. dial.
► LINGE adj. pliable, as new leather → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to beat severely, to thrash, to flog → 1600 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to lounge → 1892 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to work so violently as to cause exhaustion → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 4. to lunge → 1902 Northern Ireland (Bk.)
vb. 5. to stick out the tongue → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LINGEL n. a flat blade or spoon, a spatula → 1598 obs.
► LINGER n. a large or excellent example of its kind → 1893 Amer. dial.
vb. to ail, to have a continuing illness → 1859 Amer. dial.
► LINGER ON vb. to ail, to have a continuing illness → 1917 Amer. dial.
► LING FINGER n. the ring finger → 1946 Amer. dial.
► LING-GRAPPLING n. 1. groping or feeling a woman → 19C Brit. sl.
n. 2. copulating with a woman → 19C Brit. sl.
► LINGIBLE adj. meant to be licked → 1661 obs.
► LINGIN adj. great, remarkable → 1895 Amer. dial.
► LINGISTER n. an interpreter → 1920 Amer. dial.
► LINGMAN n.  the ring finger → 1972 Amer. dial.
► LINGO n. talk; chatter → 1942 sl. (Bk.)
► LINGUACIOUS adj. 1.  full of tongue; talkative, loquacious, babbling → 1651
adj. 2. linguistic, relating to language → 1814 obs., considered to be bad usage
► LINGUIPOTENCE n. mastery of language or languages; ability to use language → 1834
► LINGUISHED adj. skilled in languages → 1607 obs.
► LINGUIST n. 1. a fluent or persuasive speaker; one who uses language well → 1612 obs.
n. 2. a cunnilinguist → M20 sl.
► LINGUISTER n. an interpreter → 1645
► LINING OUT n. a scolding, a reprimand → 1966 Amer. dial.
► LINK n. a lynx → 1897 Amer. dial.
► LINK CAT n. a lynx → 1927 Amer. dial.
► LINK DOWN vb.  to get down from a horse → 1935 Amer. dial.
► LINKIE PINKIE n. the penis → 17C
► LINK IN vb. to work as fast as possible → 1902 Amer. dial.
► LINKISTER n. an interpreter → 1896 Amer. dial.
vb. to interpret → 1896 Amer. dial.
► LINKSTER n. an interpreter → 1868 Amer. dial.
► LINNEN SISTER n. a cleaning woman → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► LINONOPHOBIA n. an abnormal of string → 1991 (Bk.)
► LINQUISH vb. to abandon, to forsake → 1591 obs.
► LINTBRAIN n. a foolish, dim-witted, or ignorant person → 1990 US sl.
► LINT-CATCHER n. the navel → 1967 Amer. dial.
► LINTER n. a lean-to, an addition to a house → 1779 US 
► LINT-GETTER n. the navel → 1967 Amer. dial.
► LINT-HAIRED adj. having flaxen locks → 1891
► LINTHEAD n. 1. a cotton-mill worker; hence, a low-class White person; a hillbilly; an insignificant person → 1933 Amer. dial., derogatory
n. 2. a foolish, dim-witted, or ignorant person → 1960 US sl.
► LINT-STRAINER n. the navel → 1967 Amer. dial.
► LION n. a mountain lion → 1613 Amer. dial.
► LION DRUNK adj. drunk → L16 sl.
► LIONEL ROSE n.  the nose → 1999 Aust. rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► LIONESS n. a harlot; a prostitute → L16 sl.
► LION-MOUTH n. a snapdragon → 1892 Amer. dial.
► LION’S-MOUTH n. a snapdragon → 1773 Amer. dial.
► LION’S TOOTH n. the dandelion → 1562
► LIP n. 1. impudent talk → 1821 sl.
n. 2. a lawyer, esp. a criminal lawyer → 1929 US sl.
vb. 1. to kiss intimately → 16C
vb. 2. to talk, usually volubly, esp. in an abusive, rude, or argumentative fashion; to argue; to engage in backtalk → 1898 sl.
vb. 3. to place snuff between the lip and gums → 1938 Amer. dial.
► LIP BATTLE n. an argument → 1970 Amer. dial.
vb. to argue → 1969 Amer. dial.
► LIP-COMFORTER n. one who comforts or consoles with mere words → 1815
► LIP-FAVOUR ► LIP-FAVOR n. a kiss → 1592
► LIP-IN n. an intrusion in a conversation → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. (as ‘lip in’) to intrude in a conversation → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.) 
► LIP-LAP n. a disparaging nickname given to Eurasians → 1892 Anglo-Indian (Bk.)
► LIP-LICK n. a kiss → 1582 obs.
► LIP LOBS n. talk; chatter → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► LIP-LOYALTY n. insincerity → L19 Aust. sl.
► LIP MUSIC n. slangy speech → 1992 African-American sl.
► LIP OFF vb. to talk, usually volubly, esp. in an abusive or argumentative fashion; to argue; to engage in backtalk → 1943 Amer. dial.
► LIPPER n. 1. leprosy → 1250 obs.
n. 2. a person who uses snuff → 1966 Amer. dial.
► LIPPER-OFF n. one who talks back; an argumentative person → 1966 Amer. dial.
► LIPPIE n. lipstick → 1940 Aust. sl.
► LIPPIN vb. to trust, to have faith → 1950 Amer. dial.
► LIPPING FULL adj. full to overflowing → 1953 Amer. dial.
► LIPPITTY-LOP adv. limping → 1892 Eng. dial.
► LIPPITY-CLICK adv. rapidly → 1909 Amer. dial.
► LIPPITY-CLIP adv. rapidly → 1909 Amer. dial.
► LIPPITY-CUT adv. rapidly → 1912 Amer. dial.
► LIPPY adj. impudent, rude, pert, disrespectful, talkative → 1875 sl.
n. lipstick → 1940 Aust. sl.
► LIPSALVE n. flattering speech → 1591 
► LIPSTICK ON A DIP STICK n. oral-general sexual relations → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► LIP-THATCH n. a moustache → 1892 jocular usage 
► LIP-WASH n. flattery → 1891 sl.
► LIQUEFIED adj. drunk → 1939 sl.
► LIQUIDATE vb. to kill → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LIQUIDATED adj. dead → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LIQUID CRIME n. cheap, powerful liquor → 1881 US jocular usage
► LIQUID DEATH n. cheap, powerful liquor → 1862 US jocular usage
► LIQUID FIRE n. strong liquor, esp. whisky → 1815 sl. 
► LIQUID HORSESHOES n. liquor, esp. whisky. with an ,exceptional kick → 1920 US sl.
► LIQUID LAUGH n. an act of vomiting caused by drunkenness → 1963 sl.
vb. (as ‘liquid-laugh’) to vomit → 20C US sl.
► LIQUID LUNCH n. a midday meal at which more alcoholic drink than food is consumed → 1970 sl.
► LIQUID SUNSHINE n. California rain → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LIQUISH n. licorice → 1906 Amer. dial.
► LIQUORED adj. drunk → 1870 sl.
► LIQUORED UP adj. drunk → 1924 US sl.
► LIQUOR-HEAD n. one who drinks steadily, or a great deal; a drunkard → 1944 Amer. dial.
► LIQUORICE STICK n. a clarinet → 1945 Brit. sl.
► LIQUORISH adj. 1. fond of and eager for choice food → 1500 obs.
adj. 2. greedy; longing; eagerly desirous → 1579
adj. 3. pleasant to the palate → 1595 obs. 
adj. 4. lustful, lecherous → 1599
adj. 5. fond of liquor → 1894 
► LIQUORS n. water → 1925 Brit. sl.
► LIQUOR UP vb. to take a drink → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)