Dictionary: LUK – LUR

► LUKE adj. 1. lukewarm, moderately warm → 1275 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. having little depth of feeling, lacking zeal, enthusiasm or ardour; indifferent → 1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
n. nothing → 1821 sl.
vb. to make lukewarm → 1400 obs.
► LUKE-HOT adj. lukewarm → 1425
► LUKEN n. a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LUKEWARMED adj. lukewarm, moderately warm, tepid → 1540 obs. 
► LUKEWARMLING n. a lukewarm person, one who has little depth of feeling, or lacks zeal, enthusiasm or ardour; an indifferent person → 1640 obs. 
► LUKEWARM TURD adj. unexciting; dull → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► LULIBUB n. ? an earlier form of ‘lollipop’ → 1710 obs.
► LULL n. soothing drink → 1659 obs.
vb. 1. to pull about by the ears → 1530 obs. 
vb. 2. to become quiescent or inactive → 1850
► LULLABY-CHEAT n. a baby → 1665 cant
► LULLIES n. the kidneys → 1688 Eng. dial. obs.
► LULLILOO vb. to utter the cries by which certain African peoples express delight → 1857
► LULU n. 1. a remarkable, excellent, or exceptional person or thing; often used ironically → 1886 sl., orig. US
n. 2. an attractive girl → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 3. a breast → 20C sl.
n. 4. a W.C. → E20 Brit. sl.
n. 5. a serious or fresh case of gonorrhea → E20 US sl.
► LULU-KAPOODLER n.  something remarkable → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LULU LOOKER n. something beautiful or attractive → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.) 
► LULUS n. 1. the human breasts → 20C US sl.
n. 2. two or more of anything good → 20C US sl.
► LULY adj. excellent; first-rate → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LUM n. a chimney; also, a chimney-top → 1697
► LUMB n. the loin → 1541 obs.
► LUMBER n. 1. disused articles of furniture and the like, which take up room inconveniently, or are removed to be out of the way; useless odds and ends → 1552
n. 2. a pawnbroking establishment → 1617 obs.
n. 3. money due with respect to articles pawned → 1680 obs.
n. 4. a rumbling noise → 1752 
n. 5. a house or room where stolen goods are hidden → 1753 Brit. sl.
n. 6. superfluous fat, esp. in horses → 1806
n. 7. loud noise → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 8. a toothpick → 1936 US sl.
n. 9. amorous or sexual play; a person regarded as a prospective sexual partner; a casual pick-up → 1966 sl., chiefly Sc. 
vb. 1. to move in a clumsy or blundering manner → 1400
vb. 2. to burden uselessly, to encumber; to leave someone with something unwanted or unpleasant; to get someone into trouble or difficulties → 1642
vb. 3. to deposit in pawn; hence, to put away privily, to imprison, to arrest → 1819 sl.
vb. 5. of a man: to make (physical) sexual advances → 1938 Sc. sl.
► LUMBERER n. 1. one who goes clumsily or blunderingly → 1593
n. 2. a pawnbroker → 1802 obs.
n. 3. a swindling tipster → 1897 sl.
► LUMBER-HEELED adj. slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LUMBER-HEELS n. a lazy, ungainly fellow; a lout → 1895 Amer. dial.
► LUMBER-HOUSE n. a pawnbroking establishment → 1677 obs. 
► LUMBERING adj. 1. ponderous in movement, inconveniently bulky → 1593
adj. 2. rumbling → 1678 obs.
► LUMBERJACK n. a homosexual → 1990 sl.
► LUMBER-JILL n. an unattractive woman, with whom one cannot achieve an erection → 1940 sl.
► LUMBERLAND n. Maine → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LUMBERLY adj. clumsy, cumbrous → 1805
► LUMBERMENT n. loud noise → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LUMBER OUT vb. to throw out, to eject → 20C Aust. sl.
► LUMBER ROOM n. a storage room, esp. for unused or discarded items; a room for odds and ends → 1773 Amer. dial.
► LUMBER SAUCE n. a toothpick → 1930 US sl.
► LUMBERSEXUAL adj. designating an urban man who cultivates an appearance and style of dress (typified by a beard and checked shirt) suggestive of a rugged outdoor lifestyle → 2009
n. an urban man who cultivates an appearance and style of dress (typified by a beard and checked shirt) suggestive of a rugged outdoor lifestyle → 2008 colloq.
► LUMBERSOME adj. cumbrous, unwieldy → 1834
► LUMBER STATE n. Maine → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LUMBO n. Colombian marijuana → 1970 drug culture sl.
► LUMBRIC n. a worm → 1440 obs. 
► LUMBROUS adj. heavy and unwieldy; lumbering → 1836
► LUMER n. light, illumination → 1468 obs.
► LUM-HEAD n. the upper part of a chimney, whence the smoke escapes → 1768
► LUMINAIR n. the sun or moon → 1477 Sc. obs.
► LUMINAIRE n. an electric light and its fittings → 1921 orig. US
► LUMINANCE n. luminousness → 1880
► LUMINANT adj. illuminating, luminous → 1891
► LUMINARIOUS adj. luminous → 1773
► LUMINARIST n. a painter who treats light effectively, or whose ‘colour’ is luminous → 1888
► LUMINARY adj. pert. to light → 1794
n. 1. a source of intellectual, moral, or spiritual light; formerly, also a person of light and leading → 1450
n. 2. an artificial light → 1484
► THE LUMINARIES n. the sun and moon → 1559 obs. 
► LUMINATE adj. lighted → 1575 obs.
vb. to light up → 1623 obs. 
► LUMINATION n. a shedding or emission of light → 1654
► LUMINE vb. to light up, to illumine; in early use, to illuminate manuscripts or books → 1387 obs. 
► LUMINER n. one who embellishes letters with gold and colours, or manuscripts with ornamental writing so embellished → 1330 obs.
► LUMINIST n. a painter who treats light effective, or whose ‘colour’ is luminous → 1901
► LUMME! int. an exclamation of surprise or astonishment → 1898 Brit.
► LUMMINESS n. pleasant things → 19C
► LUMMICKS ► LUMMIX ► LUMMOCKS ► LUMMOX ► LUMMUX n. a large, heavy, or clumsy person; an ungainly or stupid lout; a fool → 1825 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► LUMMOKIN n. a large, heavy, or clumsy person; an ungainly or stupid lout; a fool → M19 sl.
► LUMMY adj. first-rate, excellent; clever; jolly → 1838 sl.
int. an exclamation of surprise or astonishment → 1898 Brit.
► LUMMY LICK n. a delicious mouthful → 19C sl.
► LUMP n. 1. a heavy, dull person → 1597
n. 2. the workhouse → 1874 sl.
n. 3. a parcel of food given to a tramp → 1912 US sl.
vb. 1. to beat, to thresh → 1546 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to look sulky or disagreeable → 1577
vb. 3. to be displeased at something that must be endured → 1833 colloq.
► LUMPEN adj. boorish, stupid, unenlightened; used derisively to describe persons,  attitudes, etc., that are supposedly characteristic of the ‘lumpenproletariat’ → 1944
► LUMPENINTELLIGENTSIA n. a section of the intelligentsia regarded as making no useful contribution to society, or as lacking taste, culture, etc. → 1936 Brit.
► LUMPENPROLETARIAT n. the lowest and most degraded section of the proletariat; the ‘down and outs’ who make no contribution to the workers’ cause → 1924
► LUMPER n. 1. a river thief who skulked about ships, lighters, etc., stealing old iron, or whatever comes to hand → 1781 sl.
n. 2. an unskilled labourer; a freight handler → 1833 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a militia-man → 1869
vb. to move clumsily; to stumble or blunder along → 1581 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► LUMPERDEE CLUMPERDEE adv. used to express clumsy movement → 1556 obs.
► LUMPERING adj. stumbling → 1519 obs.
► LUMPERS n. a lump sum paid as compensation for loss of employment → 1960 sl.
► LUMPET n. a small lump → 1812
► LUMPHEAD n. a dull-witted person, a stupid person → 1969 Amer. dial.
► LUMPING adj. 1. weighing heavy → 1400 obs.
adj. 2. great, big → 1706 colloq.
adj. 3. of movement: heavy, clumsy, attended by heavy shocks → 1884
► LUMPING PENNYWORTH n. plenty for one’s money → 1706
► LUMPISH adj. 1. of objects: heavy and unwieldy → 1545 obs. 
adj. 2. of liquor: full of lumps, ropy → 1682 obs. 
► LUMPISHLY adv. dejectedly; stupidly; sluggishly → 1450 obs.
► LUMPISHNESS n. sluggishness, drowsy inactivity, heaviness of heart → 1574 obs.
► LUMP-JAWED adj. having a swollen face or jaw; having a prominent jaw → 1967 Amer. dial.
► LUMPKIN n. a clumsy, blundering person → 1901 Eng. dial.
► LUMPMEAL adv. in lumps → 1493 obs.
► LUMP OF BUTTER n. an easygoing, helpless person → 1844 Sc.
► LUMP OF CHALK vb. 1. to talk → 20C rhyming sl.
vb. 2. to walk → 20C rhyming sl.
► LUMP OF CLAY n. the human body; a person stigmatized as soulless → 1425
► LUMP OFF vb. to divide something by rough estimate; to guess at the measure or value of something → 1916 Amer. dial.
► LUMP ONE’S BLUEY vb. to travel as a vagrant, carrying one’s possessions → 1851 Aust. sl.
► LUMP ONE’S DRUM vb. to travel as a vagrant, carrying one’s possessions → 1851 Aust. sl.
► LUMP ONE’S KNOT vb. to travel as a vagrant, carrying one’s possessions → 1851 Aust. sl.
► LUMP ONE’S MATILDA vb. to travel as a vagrant, carrying one’s possessions → 1851 Aust. sl.
► LUMP ONE’S SWAG vb. to travel as a vagrant, carrying one’s possessions → 1851 Aust. sl.
► LUMPS n. hard knocks, a scolding → 1935
► LUMPSHIOUS adj.  delicious, scrumptious → 1914 Amer. dial.
► LUMPS OF DELIGHT n. a former name for Turkish delight → 1870
► LUMPUS adv. of a heavy fall: all of a heap → 1899 Amer. dial.
n. a clumsy fellow → 1903 Amer. dial.
► LUMPY adj. drunk → 1810 sl.
► LUMPY-JAWED adj. having a swollen face or jaw; having a prominent jaw → 1967 Amer. dial.
► LUM-SWEEPER n. a chimney sweep → 1697
► LUNA n. 1. the moon (personified) → 1499
n. 2. a foreman, a supervisor → 1873 Hawaii
► LUNAR n. a look → 1906 colloq. 
► LUNARIAN adj. inhabiting the moon → 1868
n. a dweller on the moon → 1708
► LUNARNAUT n. one who travels or has travelled to the moon → 1965
► LUNAR POLITICS n. matters of no practical concern → 1868
► LUNARY adj. 1. pert. to the moon; also, inhabiting the moon → 1561
adj. 2. lunatic → 1627
adj. 3. monthly, menstrual → 1822
n. a crescent or half-moon → 1610
► LUNATIC adj. influenced by the moon → 1430 obs.
► LUNATICAL adj. lunatic → 1599
► LUNATIC HAT n.  a wide-brimmed hat → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► LUNATICNESS n. the condition of being lunatic → 1662 obs.
► LUNATIC SOUP n. poor-quality drink; alcoholic drink; cheap red wine → 1933 Aust. & NZ sl.
► LUNATION n. 1. the time from one new moon to the next, constituting a lunar month (29 1/2 days) → 1398 
n. 2. the time of full moon → 1549
n. 3. a menstruation → 1822
► LUNCH n. 1. the sound made by the fall of a soft heavy body → 1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
n. 2. a piece, a thick piece; a hunk → 1591 obs.
vb. to fail → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► LUNCHBOX n. 1. a fool, a simpleton; an inept person → 1969 US sl., esp. students’ usage
n. 2. a man’s genitals visible through tight clothing → 1972 Brit. sl.
► LUNCHEONETTE n. a small restaurant or snack bar serving light lunches → 1924 orig. US
► LUNCHERY n. a place where lunches are sold; a restaurant → 1921 Amer. dial.
► LUNCH HOME n. a small restaurant or other eatery → 1939 Indian English
► LUNCH HOOK n. a hand or finger → 1896 Amer. dial.
► LUNCH-MOUTH n. a heavy eater; a gluttonous person → 1964 Amer. dial. 
► LUNCH PAILS n. a woman’s breasts → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LUNCHY adj. careless; as if the performer were ‘out to lunch’; characterized by habitually careless behaviour → 1967 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► LUND n. disposition, nature; manners → 1175 obs. 
► LUNE n. anything in the shape of a crescent or half-moon → 1709
► LUNES n. fits of frenzy or lunacy; mad freaks or tantrums → 1616 arch.
► LUNETTE n. 1. a little moon, a satellite → 1645 obs.
n. 2. a blinker for a horse → 1656
n. 3. the figure of a crescent moon → 1774 obs.
n. 4. in the guillotine, the circular hole which receives the neck of the victim → 1859
► LUNETTES n. spectacles → 1681 obs.
► LUNG-BOX n. the mouth → 1890 sl.
► LUNG-CRACKED adj. out of breath; issuing from exhausted lungs → 1636 obs.
► LUNG DART n. a cigarette → 1990 colloq.
► LUNG-DUSTER n. a cigarette → 1929 US jocular usage
► LUNGE n. a thong, a cord → 1607 obs.
► LUNGEOUS adj. 1. of a fall: heavy → 1681 Eng. dial. obs.
adj. 2. of persons: rough-mannered, violent in play; spiteful, mischievous; ill-tempered → 1787 Eng. dial.
► LUNGER n. 1. one who is diseased or wounded in the lungs → 1893 colloq.
n. 2. phlegm expelled from the throat → 1960 Amer. sl.
► LUNGETEYN adj. distant, remote → 1330 obs.
► LUNG-FEVER n. pneumonia; tuberculosis → 1823
► LUNG-FOGGER n. a cigarette → 1943 US jocular usage
► LUNG HAMMOCK n. a brassiere → 1986 US jocular usage
► LUNGIS n. a long, slim, awkward fellow; a lout; also, a person who is long in doing anything; a laggard, a lingerer → 1572 obs.
► LUNGOUTE n. a locust → 1200 obs.
► LUNGS n. one who blows the fire; a chemist’s assistant → 1612 obs.
► LUNGS OF LONDON open spaces within or adjacent to the city of London → 1808
► LUNGSOUGHT n. lung disease → 1523 obs.
► LUNG-WOE adj. disease of the lungs → 1420 obs.
► LUNIK n. any of a series of Russian spacecraft sent to or close by the moon → 1959 
► LUNIST n. in astrology: one born under the influence of the moon → 1569 obs.
► LUNK n. a slow-witted person → 1867 sl., orig. US
► LUNKER n. an animal, esp. a fish, which is an exceptionally large example of its species → 1912 Amer. sl.
► LUNKERED adj. of the hair: tangled → 19C Eng. dial.
► LUNK-HEAD n. a slow-witted person, a blockhead → 1884 colloq. orig. US
► LUNK-HEADED adj. thick-headed, stupid → 1885 colloq.
► LUNT adj. 1. of a horse: spiritless, tame → 1639 obs.
adj. 2. short, crusty, surly in speech or in manners → 1825 Eng. dial.
n. smoke, smoke with flame, esp. the smoke from a pipe → 1786
vb. 1. to smoke a pipe → 1830
vb. 2. to kindle, to light up → 1861 
vb. 3. to smoke, to emit smoke → 1894
► LUNTING adj. smoking, blazing, glowing; of the eyes: flashing → 1786
► LUNULA n. the white crescent-shaped mark at the base of the fingernails → 1828
► LUNY adj. foolish; silly; witless  → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LUPANAR n. a brothel → 1864
► LUPERCAL n. an orgy → 1605 obs. 
► LUPERGLOBSLOPCIOUS adj. grand, splendid → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LUPINE adj. having the nature or qualities of a wolf → 1660 
► LUPOUS adj. resembling a wolf, wolfish → 1840
► LUPUS n. a wolf → 1600 obs.
► LURCATE vb. to eat ravenously → 1623 obs.
► LURCATION n. a greedy eating or gluttonous devouring → 1661 obs.
► LURCH n. 1. a cheat, a swindle → 1661 obs.
n. 2. an opportunity of ‘lurching’ or outstripping others in eating → 1568 obs.
n. 3. a discomfiture → 1584 obs.
n. 4. a propensity, a penchant, a leaning → 1854 US
vb. 1. to remain in or about a place furtively or secretly, esp. with evil design → 1420 obs.
vb. 2. to get the start of a person so as to prevent him from obtaining a fair share of food, profit, etc.; later, to defraud, to cheat, to rob → 1530 obs.
vb. 3. to be beforehand in securing something; to consume food hastily so that others cannot have their share; to monopolize commodities; later, to get hold of by stealth, to steal → 1565 obs.
vb. 4. to leave in the lurch, to disappoint, to deceive → 1651 obs.
vb. 5. to defeat → 1716 obs. 
► LURCHER n. 1. one who pilfers or filches in a mean fashion; a petty thief, a swindler, a rogue → 1528
n. 2. one who forestalls others of their fair share of food; hence, a glutton → 1530 obs.
n. 3. one who loiters or lies hidden in a suspicious manner; a spy → 1706
n. 4. a bum-bailiff → 1785 sl.
n. 5. one who lurches from side to side → 1877
► LURCHING adj. given to deceiving, perfidious → 1728
n. pilfering, stealing → 1570 obs.
► LURCHING-PLACE n. a lurking place → 1656 obs.
► LURCH-MAN n. a pilferer → 1603 obs.
► LURDAN adj. worthless, ill-bred, lazy → 1480 obs.
n. a term of opprobrium, reproach, or abuse, implying either dullness and incapacity, or idleness and rascality; a sluggard, a vagabond, a loafer → 1330 obs.
► LURDANRY n. rascality → 1513 obs.
► LURDGE vb. to indulge in laziness → 1580 obs.
► LURE n. 1. loss, either the action or process of losing, or what is lost; destruction, perdition → 1000 obs. 
n. 2. the udder of the cow and other animals → 1560 obs. exc. Sc.
vb. 1. to set a trap for another → 1591 obs.
vb. 2. to call loudly → 1601 obs. 
► LUREFUL adj. alluring → 1887
► LUREMENT n. allurement → 1592
► LURESOME adj. alluring → 1889
► LURGG DOG n. a bloodhound → 1605 Sc. obs.
► LURGI ► LURGIE ► LURGY adj. idle, lazy → 1828 Eng. dial. obs.
n. idleness, laziness, esp. regarded humorously or ironically as a medical condition; also, a fit of depression, esp. one caused by a hangover; often used with ‘the’ → 1769
n. a fictitious, highly infectious disease; often used with ‘the’ → 1947 sl., orig. Brit. military usage
► LURGY FEVER n. idleness, laziness, esp. regarded humorously or ironically as a disease → 1828 obs., chiefly Eng. dial. 
► LURGY-LURGY adj. suffering from temporary delirium → 1943 Brit. military sl., rare
► LURK n. 1.. a loafer → 19C Eng. dial.
n. 2. a form of fraud in which one pretends some form of distress in order to raise money from the credulous → 1841 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 3. a dodge, racket, or scheme; a profitable stratagem of questionable honesty → 1891 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 4. a hanger-on; an eavesdropper → 20C Aust. sl.
n. 5. a hideaway, a meeting place → 1906 sl.
n. 6. a job or occupation → 1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 7. the best place to meet someone or find some product, or the like → 1950 Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to peer furtively or slyly → 1440 obs.
vb. 2. to shirk work; to idle → 1551 obs.
vb. 3. to go riding in a stolen car → 1960 African-American sl.
► LURKER n. 1. a criminal beggar who travels the country showing off various forged certificates referring to losses in fires, shipwrecks or similar disasters, and hoping thereby to get financial aid → 1841 sl.
n. 2. a petty thief → 1841 sl.
► LURKIE n. a cunning, knowing, wide-awake person up to any trick → 1940 Aust. sl.
► LURKING adj. skulking, lazy → 1540 obs.
n. 1. fraudulent begging, following the occupation of a fraudulent beggar → 1851 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 2. stealing → 1851 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 3. joy riding → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► LURKMAN n. 1. a confidence trickster, a petty criminal → M19 Aust. sl.
n. 2. a dishonest or corrupt person; someone who lives by sharp practice → 1945 Aust. sl 
► LURKOLA n. the practice of bribing, with cash or kind, those with access to the public to tout a product; it is ostensibly illegal and generally denied by its practitioners → 1950 Aust. sl.
► LURKY adj. 1. inclined to be concealed → 1892
adj. 2. seedy, untrustworthy, weird → 1970 US students’ sl.
► LURP n. an extremely clumsy or awkward person → 1990 US teen sl.
► LURPY adj. rubbishy; looking bad or ugly → 1990 sl.
► LURRIES n. 1.  money or jewellery → 1673 thieves’ sl. obs.
n. 2.  clothes, garments  → 1676 sl. obs.
► LURRY n. 1. something said by rote; a lesson, a set speech, ‘patter’ → 1565 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a confused assemblage of persons or mass of things → 1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 3. money → 1673 sl.
n. 4. a confusion of voices; a hubbub, an outcry → 1676 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 5. looseness of the bowels → 1689 obs.
vb. 1. to carry or drag along a heavy body, a person, or a child; to lug → 1664 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to push about, to struggle → 1804 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
► LURRY INTO vb. to get stuck into, to attack → 1940 Irish sl.
► LURRY UP vb. to beat, to thrash → 1940 Irish sl.
► LURVE n. romantic infatuation; sex; love → 1936 colloq. & humorous usage, chiefly Brit. 
vb. to love; to be infatuated with → 1908 colloq. & humorous usage, chiefly Brit.