• M
n. 1. 1914 Amer. drug culture sl. – morphine
n. 2. 1955 Amer. drug culture sl. – marijuana
n. 3. 1980s drug culture sl. – MDMA
• M20
n. 1981 Citizens’ band radio usage – a meeting place
• M25
n. 1980s drug culture sl. – MDMA; a tablet of MDMA
• MA
n. 1. 1823 sl. – mother
n. 2. 1932 sl. – a term of address to an (older) married woman
n. 3. 1965 Amer. dial. – a grandmother
prefix 1930s sl., derogatory – a title put before a man’s name to imply his homosexuality
• MA’A
n. 2003 sl. – crack cocaine
• MAAGA
adj. 1994 UK sl. – thin
• MAALOX MOMENT
n. 1990s sl., orig. US students’ sl. – a time of stress
• MA’AM
n. 1. 1668 – madam
n. 2. 1765 obs. – a person addressed as ma’am; a married woman
• MA’AM-SCHOOL
n. 1857 – a dame-school
• MAAMY
n. 1922 Amer. dial. – a mother
• MA AND PA
adj. 1972 US sl. – of a business: small-scale, family-owned
• MAAS
n. 1990s W. Indies sl. – money
• MAAT
n. 20C S. Afr. sl. – a friend, a chum, a pal
• MAATIE
n. 20C S. Afr. sl. – a friend, a chum, a pal
• MAATJIE
n. 20C S. Afr. sl. – a friend, a chum, a pal
• MA AUNTIE!
int. 1915 Sc. – expresses derision or contempt
• MAB
n. 1. 1557-8 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a harlot, a prostitute, a woman of loose character; a slattern
n. 2. 1623 obs. – a mop
n. 3. B1800 – a son
n. 4. E19 rhyming sl. – a cab
n. 5. 1874 Eng. & Amer. dial. – a marble, a taw
vb. 1691 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to dress carelessly or negligently; to be slatternly or slovenly
• MABBIERS
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – young hens, chickens
• MABBLE
vb. 1. 1615 obs. – to wrap up or muffle the head
vb. 2. 1821 Eng. dial. – to confuse, mix, throw into disorder
vb. 3. B1900 obs. – to dress slovenly
vb. 4. B1900 Eng. dial. – to dress stone roughly with a hammer or stone axe instead of smoothing it with a chisel
• MABEL
n. 1. Bk1942 Amer. boxing sl. – an easy-hitting boxer
n. 2. 1950s US sl. – a girl
n. 3. 1950s US sl. – a girlfriend
n. 4. 1970s US homosexual sl. – a Black man
• MA BELL
n. 1920s US sl. – the American Telephone & Telegraph Inc.
• MA BUBBY AND CHOON
n. 1990 Trinidad and Tobago – any two things that are very close to each other
• MAB UP
vb. L17 colloq. – to dress carelessly
• MABYER
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a young hen, a chicken, a pullet
• MAC
n. 1. 1617 sl. – an Irishman or Scotsman
n. 2. 1887 sl. – a pimp
n. 3. L19 W. Indies sl. – a shilling
n. 4. 1901 UK sl. – a mackintosh; hence, any waterproof outer coat
n. 5. 1918 sl. – used in direct address, esp. to a man whose name is not known
n. 6. 1958 Can. sl. – a red McIntosh apple, usually from British Columbia
n. 7. 1960s African-American sl. – a clever, influential person; a smooth operator
n. 8. 1966 Amer. sl. – macaroni
n. 9. 1970s sl. – a condom
n. 10. 1990s sl. – a Mac-10 machine pistol
n. 11. 1990s African-American sl. – a person who deceives or tries to charm a member of the opposite sex with seductive words; a successful seducer
n. 12. 1996 US sl. – an automated cash machine
n. 13. 20C Can. sl. – McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
vb. 1971 Amer. students’ sl. – to eat heartily; rarely, to drink heartily
• MACA
n. 1974 UK sl. rhyming sl. (reduced form of ‘macaroni’) – excrement
• MACADAM
n. 1950s W. Indies sl. – a codfish fritter
• MACADOCIOUS
adj. 1980s African-American sl. – excellent, the very best
• MAC-AND-FLIP
n. 1940s W. Indies sl. – 1 shilling and 3 pence
• MACARONI
adj. M19 sl. – Italian
n. 1. 1764 Hist. – an exquisite of a class which arose in England about 1760 and consisted of young men who had travelled and affected the tastes and fashions prevalent in continental society
n. 2. 1711 colloq. – a merry fool, esp. if an Italian
n. 3. 1760 – a fop; a dandy, an overdressed person
n. 4. 1771 obs. – a gambling-room at Newmarket
n. 5. 1845 sl. – an Italian: used contemptuously
n. 6. 1857 rhyming sl. – a pony
n. 7. 1857 UK sl. – £25
n. 8. E19 W. Indies sl. – a shilling
n. 9. 1924 sl. – nonsense, baloney
n. 10. 1938 Amer. logging usage – long curls of sawdust
n. 11. 1970s sl. – the act of defecation
n. 12. 1973 Amer. criminal sl. – a pimp
n. 13. 1974 UK sl. rhyming sl. for ‘pony’ (reduced form of ‘pony and trap’ for crap, excrement) – excrement
n. 14. 1991 UK rhyming sl. for ‘pony’ – in betting: odds of 25-1
n. 15. 20C Brit. sl., derogatory – an Italian soldier
n. 16. M20 US sl. – a ladies’ man
vb. 1974 UK rhyming sl. for ‘pony’ – to defecate
• MACARONIAN
adj. 1788 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – foppish; pert. to a macaroni
• MACARONI AND CHEESE
n. 2002 US sl. – marijuana worth $5 and cocaine worth $10
• MACARONI BENDER
n. M19 sl. – an Italian
• MACARONIC
adj. 1. 1611 obs. – of the nature of a jumble or medley
adj. 2. 1828 rare – pert. to a macaroni
n. 1611 obs. – a jumble or medley
• MACARONI QUEEN
n. 1980s US homosexual usage – a non-Italian gay man who prefers Italian partners
• MACARONI SEED
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke
• MACARONISM
n. 1775 – behaviour characteristic of a macaroni; dandyism
• MACARONI-SMACKER
n. 1969 Amer. dial., derogatory – an Italian
• MACARONI-SNAPPER
n. 20C Amer. dial. – an Italian
• MACARONI-STAKE
n. M18 sl. – a horserace ridden by a ‘gentleman jockey’
• MACARONYISH
adj. 1859 rare – characteristic of dandyism
• MACAROON
n. 1. a1631 obs. – a buffoon; a blockhead; a dolt; a ridiculous person
n. 2. a1825 Eng. dial. obs. – a fop
n. 3. a1825 Eng. dial. obs. – a new recruit
n. 4. 1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘coon’ – a Black person
• MACARTHUR SWEEP
n. 1953 US sl. – a combing the hair from the side of the head over a bald spot on top of the head
• MACCA
adj. 1. 1990s W. Indies – exceptionally good
adj. 2. 2003 Eng. school sl. – enormous
n. 1944 Aust. sl. – a recruit in the armed forces
• MACCA-MAN
n. 1944 Aust. sl. – a tough, strong, efficient man
• MACCARIB
n. 1672 obs. – caribou
• MACCARONY
n. E19 W. Indies sl. – a shilling
• MACCAS
n. 1. 1995 Aust. sl. – a McDonald’s™ restaurant
n. 2. 1996 Aust. sl. – food from McDonald’s™ restaurant
• MACCOBOY
n. 1740 – a kind of snuff, usually scented with attar of roses
• MAC DADDY
n. 1. 1995 US sl. – (usually as ‘Macdaddy’) the very best of something
n. 2. 20C teen & high school sl. – an attractive male
• MACE
n. 1. 1582 obs. – the trident of Neptune
n. 2. 1727 – in billiards: a stick with a flat square head, formerly used for propelling the balls; now superseded by the cue
n. 3. 1742 sl. – a swindle, usually involving fraudulent offers of credit; confidence tricks; robbery by fraud
n. 4. 1781 sl. – a confidence trickster; a swindler
n. 5. 1879 Brit. sl. – a sham loan-office
n. 6. L19 Aust. sl. – physical violence
vb. 1. 1790 UK sl. – to swindle; to defraud; to cheat
vb. 2. E19 sl. – to beg or demand money from
vb. 3. E19 sl. – to fail to pay one’s debts
vb. 4. 1920s UK criminals’ sl. – to avoid paying one’s train fare
vb. 5. 1977 UK sl. – to steal or cheat, esp. by means of the three card trick
vb. 6. 1979 UK sl. – to owe money
• MACE-COVE
n. 1. 1823 sl. – a confidence trickster; a swindler
n. 2. L19 Aust. criminals’ sl. – a housebreaker
• MACE-GLOAK
n. 1812 sl. – a confidence trickster; a swindler
• MACE IT
vb. Bk1896 sl. – to live on credit
• MACELLARIOUS
adj. 1656 obs. – pert. to the butchers row or shambles
• MACE-MAN
n. 1. 1859 sl. – a swindler; a confidence trickster
n. 2. M19 sl. – one who defaults on their debts
n. 3. L19 sl. – an elite criminal
• MACE-PROOF
adj. 1879 nonce-word obs. – safe from arrest
• MACER
n. 1. 1819 sl. – a swindler
n. 2. L19 sl. – a thief; a villain
n. 3. 1935 criminals’ sl. – a person who constantly borrows small amounts of money with no intention of repaying
• MACERATE
vb. 1. 1588 obs. – to fret, to vex, to worry
vb. 2. 1637 obs. – to oppress; to ‘crush’
• MACERATION
n. 1616 obs. – fretting, vexation, worry; an instance of this
• MACE THE RATTLER
vb. L19 sl. – to travel by train without buying a ticket
• MACFARLANE’S LANTERN
n. 1927 Sc. – the moon
• MACGIMP
n. 1910s rhyming sl. – a pimp
• MACGIMPER
n. 1910s rhyming sl. – a pimp
• MACGORREY’S HOTEL
n. L19 sl. – Chelmsford Prison, Essex
• THE MACGREGOR
n. 1929 Sc. – the leading man, the chief personage
• MACGUFFIN
n. 1939 sl. – in the film industry: a plot device that though seemingly important serves only to set a plot in motion; a gimmick; a hook
• MACH
n. 1938 US drug culture sl. – marijuana
• MACHAEROMANCY
n. 1652 obs. rare – divination by knives or swords
• MACHAIROMANCY
n. Bk1910 – divination by means of a sword
• MACHER
n. 1930 Amer. sl., esp. political journalism usage – an extremely influential person; an important and powerful man
• MACHIAVEL
n. 1570 – one who acts on the principles of Machiavelli (a celebrated Florence statesman who advocated the pursuit of statecraft at the expense of morality); an intriguer; an unscrupulous schemer
• MACHIAVELIZE
vb. 1611 obs. – to practice cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct
• MACHIAVELLIAN
adj. 1579 – preferring expediency to morality; practicing duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct; astute, cunning, intriguing
n. 1568 – one who follows Machiavelli’s principles in statecraft or in general conduct; an intriguer; an unscrupulous schemer
• MACHIAVELLIANIZE
vb. 1656 obs. – to practice cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct
• MACHIAVELLIC
adj. 1838 – preferring expediency to morality; practicing duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct; astute, cunning, intriguing
• MACHIAVELLINE
adj. 1602 obs. rare – preferring expediency to morality; practicing duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct; astute, cunning, intriguing
• MACHIAVELLIST
n. 1589 – one who follows Machiavelli’s principles in statecraft or in general conduct; an intriguer; an unscrupulous schemer
• MACHINAL
adj. 1680 obs. – pert. to a machine or machines; mechanical
• MACHINAMENT
n. 1413 obs. – a contrivance, engine, machine, vehicle
• MACHINATE
vb. 1600 – to lay plots; to intrigue; to scheme; to contrive; to plot; to plan
• MACHINATION
n. 1. 1549 – the act or process of contriving or planning; contrivance, intrigue, plotting; an intrigue, plot, scheme
n. 2. 1641 obs. – the use or construction of machinery
• MACHINATOR
n. 1611 – one who contrives or schemes; a contriver, intriguer, plotter, schemer; usually in a bad sense
• MACHINE
n. 1. 1637 obs. – a ship or other vessel
n. 2. 1650 obs. – an apparatus, appliance, instrument
n. 3. 1687 obs. exc. Sc. – a vehicle of any kind, usually wheeled; in the 18th and part of the 19th centuries commonly applied to a stagecoach or mail-coach
n. 4. 1749 sl. – the penis
n. 5. E18 sl. – a prostitute
n. 6. L18 sl. – a condom
n. 7. 1876 US political usage – the controlling organization of a political party
n. 8. 19C Brit. – the female genitals
n. 9. L19 NZ sl. – a Totalizator
n. 10. 1901 sl. – an automobile
n. 11. 1908 US sl. – a fast and attractive car
n. 12. 1929-31 Amer. sl. – a sexually attractive young woman
n. 13. 1937 Amer. drug culture sl. – a hypodermic syringe; broadly, all equipment necessary for the injection of narcotics
n. 14. 1970s US students’ sl. – a motorcycle
n. 15. 1972 Amer. sl. – a hot rod
n. 16. 1976 US sl. – in horseracing, a battery-powered device used to impart a shock to a horse during a race
n. 17. 1976 US sl. – in horseracing, a pari-mutuel betting machine
n. 18. 1983 UK sl. – a trumpet
n. 19. 1995 US sl. – a machine gun
vb. c1450 obs. – to contrive, to plot; to devise schemes (against a person)
• THE MACHINE
n. 1992 US sl. – in big city politics: the over-arching political organization that runs all facets of life
• MACHINE GAT
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a machine gun
• MACHINE GUN
n. 1978 UK sl. – a syringe used for injecting an illegal drug
• MACHINE GUN MURPHY
n. 1971 US sl. – a stereotypical fearless soldier
• MACHINER
n. 1835 – a horse employed to draw a ‘machine’ or vehicle
• MACHINERY
n. 1. 1764 Sc. obs. – fatalism, predestination
n. 2. 1938 Amer. drug culture sl. – all equipment necessary for the injection of narcotics
n. 3. 1977 US sl. – marijuana
n. 4. 1980s sl. – the male genitals
n. 5. 1990s sl. – a revolver, a pistol
• MACHINIST
n. 1. c1801 – a painter who works mechanically and by rule
n. 2. 1883 US – a ‘machine’ politician
• MACHINOUS
adj. 1633 obs. rare – cunningly contrived
• MACHO
adj. 1959 US sl. – excessively masculine, virile, and brave
• MACHONA
n. 1938 US drug culture sl. – marijuana
• MACHREACH
n. 1952 Sc. – a fuss, a to-do, an outcry, a row
• MACHREE
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a term of endearment; my heart!
• MACIATION
n. 1727 obs. – a making lean
• MACILENCE
n. 1852 rare – thinness, leanness
• MACILENCY
n. 1632 rare – thinness, leanness
• MACILENT
adj. 1. 1535 rare – thin, lean, lank, emaciated; shrivelled; having little flesh
adj. 2. 1624 rare – of verses: jejune, poor
• MACING
n. 1. 19C sl. – a severe thrashing
n. 2. 19C sl. – cheating, esp. at the 3-card trick
• MACINTOY
n. 1991 US sl. – an Apple Macintosh™ computer
• MACINTRASH
n. 1991 US sl. – an Apple Macintosh™ computer
• MACINTYRE
n. 1996 UK rhyming sl. – fire
• MACK
adj. 1. c1440 obs. – apt, convenient
adj. 2. 1825 obs. exc. Sc. – neat, tidy
adj. 3. 1960s African-American sl. – describing anything pertaining to a pimp, such as attitude, philosophy, automobile, or clothes
adj. 4. 1967 African-American sl. – extremely masculine in appearance or behaviour
int. 1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.- an exclamatory form of asseveration
n. 1. 1617 obs. – a term of contempt for a Celtic Irishman
n. 2. 18C sl. – a Scottish man
n. 3. 1887 sl. – a pander; a pimp
n. 4. 1901 UK sl. – a mackintosh; hence, any waterproof outer coat
n. 5. 1903 Amer. criminals’ sl. – a usually flashy or successful pimp
n. 6. 1958 Can. sl. – a red McIntosh apple, usually from British Columbia
n. 7. 1960s sl. – a clever, proficient or influential person, usually a man; the best in one’s field
n. 8. 1962 African-American sl. – a very ingratiating or deceptive talker; one who can sweet-talk women
n. 9. 1968-72 Amer. sl. – ingratiating or flattering talk, orig. of a kind intended to seduce women
n. 10. 1972 US sl. – the speech a pimp makes to recruit a woman as a prostitute
n. 11. 1978 Amer. sl. – a French kiss
n. 12. 1990s African-American sl. – a person who deceives or tries to charm a member of the opposite sex with seductive words; a successful seducer
n. 1. 1991 Amer. rap music usage – a ladies’ man; a playboy
n. 14. 20C US sl. – a general term of greeting with no specific reference to Irish or Scottish men implied
vb. 1. 1887 Amer. sl. – to be or work as a pimp; to procure clients for a prostitute
vb. 2. 1960s US homosexual sl. – of lesbians: to act in a masculine manner
vb. 3. 1963 African-American sl. – to swagger; to walk rhythmically
vb. 4. 1968 Amer. sl. – of a pimp: to talk to a woman in a fluently ingratiating way; hence, usually of a man, to speak flirtatiously or make a sexual advance to; to flirt with
vb. 5. 1971 Amer. students’ sl. – to eat heartily; rarely, to drink heartily
vb. 6. 1975 African-American sl. – to lie or exaggerate in order to deceive, exploit, or influence someone; to convince or persuade in a deceptive way
vb. 7. 1978 Amer. sl. – to French kiss; to kiss passionately
vb. 8. 1990s sl. – to have sexual intercourse
vb. 9. 1990s sl. – to steal
vb. 10. 1991 Amer. sl. – to be conspicuously successful, esp. through the use of flattery or deceiving talk; to use one’s cunning to advantage
vb. 11. 1993 Amer. sl., esp. African-American usage – to use to one’s advantage to exploit; broadly, to overcome
• THE MACK
n. 1. 1940s African-American sl. – seductive, persuasive talk; spec. the ‘chat-up’ line used by a pimp to recruit a new girl
n. 2. 1955 Amer. sl. – the business of pimping
• MACKA
n. 1980s drug culture sl. – amphetamine
• MACKABROIN
n. 1546 obs. rare – an old hag
• MACKADELIC
n. 1990s African-American sl. – a first-rate person
• MACKADOCIOUS
adj. 1. 1980s African-American sl. – excellent, the very best
adj. 2. 1991 Amer. rap music usage – extremely stylish or fashionable
• MACK DADDY
adj. 1996 Amer. sl. – top of the line, the best
n. 1. 1958-59 Amer. criminals’ & rap music usage – a man who is successful as a pimp or (later), a violent criminal
n. 2. 1991 Amer. rap music usage – a ladies’ man; a playboy
n. 3. 1992 African-American sl. – a very good-looking young man; a handsome, sexy male
n. 4. 1993 Amer. sl. – a clever, proficient, important or influential man; an expert; the best; a very successful or skilful man
• MACKDOM
n. 1960s African-American sl. – the world of clever, influential people
• MACK DOWN
vb. 1971 Amer. students’ sl. – to eat heartily; rarely, to drink heartily
• MACKED OUT
adj. 1933 Amer. sl. – orig. (of a man) flashily dressed; hence, stylish; attractive; flashy
• MACKED UP
adj. 1930s US sl. – stylishly or flashily dressed
• MACKELER
n. 1682 obs. rare – a broker
• MACKELEREDGE
n. 1682 obs. rare – brokerage
• MACKER
n. 1. 1930s US criminals’ sl. – a usually flashy or successful pimp
n. 2. 1930s Aust. sl. – a pony; a horse
n. 3. 1944 Aust. sl. – a recruit in the armed forces
n. 4. 1991 US sl. – a very large wave
• MACKEREL
n. 1. 1426 obs. – one who ministers to sexual debauchery; a bawd, a pimp, a procurer or procuress
n. 2. 17C sl. – a prostitute
n. 3. 1863 Amer. rhyming sl. for ‘prat’ (Mackerel and Sprat) – a worthless, stupid or foolish fellow
n. 4. 1948 Amer. sl., contemptuous usage – a Roman Catholic
n. 5. 2000s sl. – a hanger-on, a parasite
• MACKERELAGE
n. 1602 obs. – the services of a bawd or pander
• MACKEREL AND SPRAT
n. 1998 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘prat’ – a fool
• MACKEREL-BACK
n. a1700 cant obs. – a very tall, lank person
• MACKEREL-BACKED
adj. 1. 1785 sl. obs. – long-backed
adj. 2. 1844 – of clouds, the sky: dappled with small white fleecy clouds
• MACKEREL-BAIT
n. 19C – a fisherman’s name for jellyfish
• MACKEREL-BREEZE
n. 1751 – a breeze that ruffles the water, so as to favour the catching of mackerel
• MACKEREL-EATER
n. M19 sl., orig. US – a Roman Catholic
• MACKEREL-GALE
n. 1577-87 – a strong breeze such as mackerel are best caught in
• MACKEREL-GOBBLER
n. M19 sl., orig. US – a Roman Catholic
• MACKEREL SCALES
n. 1933 Amer. dial. – cirro-stratus clouds, indicating rain
• MACKEREL-SKY
n. 1669 – a sky dappled with small white fleecy clouds (cirro-cumulus)
• MACKEREL-SMACKER
n. M19 sl., orig. US – a Roman Catholic
• MACKEREL-SNAPPER
n. 1855 Amer. sl., contemptuous usage – a Roman Catholic
• MACKEREL-SNATCHER
n. M19 sl., orig. US – a Roman Catholic
• MACKERLIKE
adj. 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial. – much more becoming, much more to the purpose; seemly, well-proportioned
• MACKERLY
adj. 1790 Eng. dial. – shapely, fashionable, tolerable
• MACKERY
n. 1930s US sl. – pimping
• MACKING
n. 1. M20 US sl. – pimping for a living
n. 2. 1990s African-American sl. – working hard
• MACKISH
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – smart
• MACK IT
vb. 1966 Amer. sl. – among lesbians: to comport oneself in a strongly masculine or aggressive manner
• MACKLE
n. 1706 – in printing: a blur in printing; also, a blurred sheet
vb. 1. 1594 – in printing: to blur, spot, or spoil a sheet of paper
vb. 2. 1731 obs. – to sell weavers’ goods to shopkeepers
• MACKLED
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – spotted
• MACKLER
n. 1731 obs. – a seller of weavers’ goods
• MACK-LIKE
adj. 1822 Sc. – tidy, neat, seemly, well-proportioned; adapted to the purpose
• MACKLY
adj. 1. 1721 Eng. dial. – seemly, comely, good-looking
adj. 2. 1896 Eng. dial. – similar, of the same make or kind; exactly alike; fitting nicely
adj. 3. 1975 Amer. dial. – spotted or soiled
adv. 1. c1440 obs. – evenly, aptly, easily
adv. 2. 1850 Eng. dial. – most likely
• MACKLY-WHAT
adv. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – in some fashion
• MACKMAN
n. 1954 Amer. sl. – a usually flashy or successful pimp
• MACK ON
vb. 1970s African-American & teen sl. – to make a verbally forceful attempt to seduce a person; to flirt heavily
• MACK OUT
vb. 1971 Amer. students’ sl. – to eat heartily; rarely, to drink heartily
• MACKRO
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a mackerel; a cry used by street-hawkers of mackerel
• MACK TALK
n. 1940s African-American sl. – ingratiating or flattering talk, orig. of a kind intended to seduce women; seductive, persuasive talk; spec. the ‘chat-up’ line used by a pimp to recruit a new girl
• MACK THE KNIFE
n. 1980 US sl. – any surgeon
• MACKY
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – neat, tidy
• MACKY-MOON
n. 1. 1872 Eng. dial. – a fool, a silly person; one who makes himself absurd or ridiculous by playing the fool; a queer-looking figure
n. 2. B1900 Eng. dial. – the kingfisher, Alcedo ispida
vb. B1900 Eng. dial. – to play the fool
• MAC MAN
n. 1950s African-American sl. – a pimp
• THE MACNAB
n. 1840 Sc. – the person in authority, the chief personage
• MACNAMARA
n. 1988 Sc. rhyming sl. – a barrow
• MACNOON
adj. 1988 Sc. rhyming sl. – insane, mad
• MACO
adj. 20C W. Indies sl. – inquisitive, gossipy, meddlesome
n. 1. 20C W. Indies sl. – a fool, an idiot
n. 2. 20C W. Indies sl. – a gossip, a busybody
n. 3. 20C W. Indies sl. – a peeping Tom
n. 4. 20C W. Indies sl. – an effeminate man
vb. 1. 20C W. Indies sl. – to act as a voyeur
vb. 2. 20C W. Indies sl. – to gossip scandalously
vb. 3. 20C W. Indies sl. – to interfere in other people’s affairs
• MACOCIOUS
adj. 1977 Trinidad and Tobago – inclined to gossip
• MACO-MAN
n. 20C W. Indies sl. – an inquisitive, gossipy, or meddlesome man
• MAC ON
vb. 1980s US students’ sl. – to eat
• MACON
n. 1938 US drug culture sl. – marijuana
• MACONHA
n. 1938 US drug culture sl. – marijuana
• MACONOCHIE
n. 1. 1901 Brit. sl. – meat stewed with vegetables and tinned, esp. as supplied to soldiers on active service
n. 2. 1919 Brit. services’ sl. – the abdomen
• MACOOLA
n. 1882 Amer. dial. – home-brewed beer or liquor
• MAC OUT
vb. 1982 US teen sl. – to overeat; to gorge oneself, esp. on junk food
• MACO-WOMAN
n. 20C W. Indies sl. – an inquisitive, gossipy, or meddlesome woman
• MACQUERELLA
n. 15C UK criminals’ sl. – a madam, a procuress
• MACQUIGNON
n. 1798 obs. – a horse-dealer
• MACRELL
n. 1426 obs. – one who ministers to sexual debauchery; a bawd, a pimp, a procurer or procuress
• MACRIO
n. a1627 obs. rare – one who ministers to sexual debauchery; a bawd, a pimp, a procurer or procuress
• MACRITUDE
n. 1623 obs. – leanness
• MACROBIAN
adj. 1727 – long-lived, having a long life
n. Bk1910 – one who has a long life
• MACROBIOTE
n. 1882 rare – one that lives long; a long lived person or animal
• MACROBIOTIC
adj. 1797 – relating to the prolongation of life; tending to prolong life
• MACROBIOTICS
n. 1862 – the science of prolonging life
• MACROCEPHALIC
adj. 1851 – of a person: having a long or large head
• MACROCOSM
n. 1600 – the ‘great world’ or universe, in contradistinction to this ‘little world’, i.e. to man viewed as an epitome of the universe
• MACROCOSMIC
adj. 1871 – pert. to the universe
• MACROCOSMICAL
adj. 1625 obs. – pert. to the universe
• MACROCOSMOLOGY
n. 1856 – a description of the macrocosm
• MACROGRAPHY
n. 1899 – the use of very large characters in writing, sometimes carried to such an extreme by the insane that a word of three or four letters will run across the entire page
• MACROLOGY
n. 1616 – the use of redundant words or phrases; long and tedious talk
• MACROMANIA
n. Bk1991 – a mania for becoming larger
• MACROPHONOUS
adj. Bk1910 – having a loud, stentorian voice
• MACROPICIDE
n. 1866 nonce word – a slayer of kangaroos
• MACROPINE
adj. 1888 – pert. to the kangaroo
• MACROSCIAN
n. 19C – one having a long shadow; an inhabitant of the polar regions
• MACROSEISM
n. Bk1910 – a great earthquake; a heavy or intense earthquake
• MACROSEISMIC
adj. Bk1910 – relating to an intense earthquake, or to one of great area or of long continuance
• MACTATE
vb. 1623 obs. – to kill or slay
• MACTATION
n. 1640 – the act of killing, esp. the slaughtering of a sacrificial victim
• MACTATOR
n. 1656 obs. rare – a killer or murderer
• MACTOWN
n. 2003 Antarctica usage – McMurdo Station, Antarctica
• MACULATE
vb. 1432-50 – to spot, stain, soil, defile, pollute
• MACULATED
adj. 1646 – spotted, stained, defiled, polluted
• MACULATION
n. a1450 – the act of spotting or staining; a being spotted or defiled
• MACULATORY
adj. 1614 obs. rare – apt to spot or defile
• MACULATURE
n. 1656 obs. – blotting paper
• MACULE
n. 1. 1483 obs. – a blemish, a spot
n. 2. 1841 – in printing: a blur causing the impression of a page to appear double
vb. 1. 1484 obs. – to spot, to stain
vb. 2. 1841 – in printing: to blur, spot, or spoil a sheet of paper
• MACULIFEROUS
adj. 1853 – bearing or marked by spots, spotty
• MACULOSE
adj. 1727 – full of spots; spotted
• MACULOUS
adj. 1688 rare – full of spots, spotted
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Updated: February 26, 2023
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