Dictionary: MAN – MANL

► MAN adj. 1. wicked → 1000 obs.
adj. 2. very expensive → 20C W. Indies sl.
int. an exclamation of surprise, enthusiasm, dismay, or astonishment → 1869
n. 1. wickedness → 978 obs.
n. 2. a manservant; a valet → 1175
n. 3. a husband → 1325 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 4. used emphatically in direct address → 1386
n. 5. an accepted lover → 1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 6. in university and public schools: an undergraduate or student, as contrasted with a graduate or a don → 1803 UK obs.
n. 7. the obverse of a coin used in tossing (heads) → 1828 colloq., obs.
n. 8. the penis → 1837 sl.
n. 9. a playing marble → 1890 Amer. dial.
n. 10. one in authority, such as the skipper of a boat, or a male school teacher → 1895 Sc.
n. 11. a gentleman → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 12. a male animal → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 13. $1 → 1910 US sl.
n. 14. a term of familiar address to a man or woman → 1933 sl.
n. 15. a pusher of heroin, or a seller of other drugs → 1942 colloq.
n. 16. a male friend, esp. a close and trusted one → 1970 Amer. dial., esp. African-American
n. 17. a female homosexual who plays a masculine role → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
n. 17. an attractive male → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 19. a pint bottle of liquor; a pint of whisky → 1988 African-American
vb. 1. to be the master of; to manage, to rule → 1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to work as a pimp → 1610 sl.
vb. 3. to have sexual intercourse → 1611 sl.
► THE MAN n. 1. any man or group in charge of an institution, a commanding officer, esp. a prison warden, a policeman → 1910 sl., orig. US
n. 2. the holder of power, in a non-institutional context; anyone deemed exceptional in ability → 1920 sl.
n. 3. a major drug dealer → 1940 sl., orig. US
n. 4. the White ruling class → 1940 African-American sl.
n. 5. an law-enforcement officer; a policeman → 1942 Amer. dial.
n. 6. the US Government → 1950 African-American sl.
n. 7. God → 1960 US sl.
n. 8. an important person → 1960 Amer. sl.
n. 9. the police → 1962 US sl.
n. 10. a White man; White people collectively → 1963 African-American sl.
n. 11. an African-American respected by both Black and White → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
n. 12. an exemplary person → 1990 sl.
► MANA n. 1. a combination of positive qualities attributed to an inmate → 2001 NZ prison sl.
n. 2. an inmate’s ranking within the prison hierarchy → NZ prison sl.
► MANABLE adj. of marriageable age → 1607 obs.
► MANABLINS n. small matters, odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; bits and pieces, typically of food or small change → 1865 sl.
► MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE n. a husband or male companion who carries out domestic duties, household repairs, etc. for a woman → 1961
► THE MAN ABOVE n. God → 1936 US sl.
► MANADA n. a herd of horses, esp. a wild herd consisting of a stallion and a number of mares and young horses → 1826 Amer. dial.
► MAN-AGE n. the age at which a boy becomes a man; the adult period of a man’s life → 1425 obs.
► MANAGE n. 1. a short gallop at full speed → 1577 obs.
n. 2. the action or manner of managing; management; conduct of affairs; administration, direction, control → 1581 obs.
n. 3. bearing, demeanour, conduct → 1593 obs.
n. 4. treatment of persons or of material → 1608 obs.
n. 5. the skilful handling of a weapon, etc. → 1611
n. 6. an enclosed place for the training of saddle-horses and for the practice of horsemanship; a riding-school → 1655
vb. 1. of a horse: to perform the exercises of the manège → 1591 obs.
vb. 2. to use sparingly or with judgement → 1649 obs.
vb. 3. to succeed in reaching → 1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THE MANAGE n. the art of training and managing horses → 1586 obs. exc. arch.
► MANAGED adj. falsified; ‘cooked’ → 1810 obs.
► MANAGEMENT n. 1. a negotiation → 1705 obs.
n. 2. a piece of trickery → 1736
n. 3. tact, ingenuity → 1760 obs.
n. 4. the process of manuring; manure, esp. artificial manure → 1874 Eng. dial.
► MANAGER n. the wielder of a weapon; the person who wages a war → 1588 obs.
► MANAGERESS n. a woman manager → 1797
► MANAGERY n. 1. domestic or agricultural administration or economy → 1586 obs.
n. 2. medical treatment or care → 1597 obs.
n. 3. the function of managing or administering; managership; an administrative office → 1643 obs.
n. 4. cunning or adroit behaviour or manipulation; a cunning scheme → 1646 obs.
n. 5. the art of managing weapons, instruments, etc. → 1654 obs.
n. 6. the judicious use of resources; thrift, economy → 1658 obs.
n. 7. horsemanship; a place of exercise for horses → 1685 obs.
► MAN A-HANGING n. a person in trouble, one having difficulties → 1873 colloq.
► MANAIA n. a motif in Maori carving having a bird-like head and a human body → 1895
► MANAKIN n. a little man, often used contemptuously; a dwarf, a pygmy → 1601
► MAN ALIVE n. the number 5 → 1981 rhyming sl.
► MANAMAN n. a person, a man → 2016 Black British sl.
► MANANA n. tomorrow, the day after the present day → 1845 Spanish
► MAN-AND-BROTHERISM n. the movement for the abolition of slavery → 1865 obs.
► MAN AND MAN n. a person → 1970 African-American sl.
► MAN AND WIFE n. a knife → 1910 rhyming sl.
► MANANGLE vb. to mangle; to mix in a wild and confused manner → 1790 Eng. dial.
► MANANT adj. 1. wealthy, opulent, powerful→ 1422 obs.
adj. 2. flowing or running → 1727 obs.
► MANANTIE n. a dwelling → 1330 obs.
► MANAROLINS n. small matters, odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; bits and pieces, typically of food or small change → 1865 sl.
► MANARVEL vb. to pilfer from a ship’s small stores → 1867 nautical sl.
► THE MAN ASTRIDE THE RIGGING TREE n.  the person who holds the mortgage of a property → 1855 obs.
► MAN-AT-ARMS n. a soldier, a warrior; a heavy-armed soldier on horseback → 1561
► MANATEE n. a masculine lesbian → 1965 US homosexual sl.
► MANATH n. false oath, perjury → 1000 obs.
► MAN A THING OUT vb. to face it → 1896 Eng. dial.
► MANATION n. the act of flowing out → 1425 obs.
► MAN-AT-THE-POT int. (usually as ‘man at the pot’) said when, at a cow camp, a man rises to refill his coffee up; it was his duty to go around with the pot and replenish all the cups held out to him → 1939 Amer. Western dial.
n. the first cowboy to pick up the coffee pot when out with the chuck wagons; it becomes his duty to pour coffee for the outfit → 1940 Amer. Western dial.
► MANAVALINS n. odds and ends, bits and pieces, typically of food or small change → 1841 sl.
► MANAVEL vb. to pilfer eatables or articles of small value → 1899 Amer. dial.
► MANAVELINS n. odds and ends of food; delicacies → 1895 Amer. dial.
► MANAVELINGS n. odds and ends, bits and pieces, typically of food or small change → 1841 sl.
► MANAVELLINGS n. odds and ends of food; delicacies → 1894 Amer. dial.
► MANAVILINS ► MANAVLINS n. small matters, odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; bits and pieces, typically of food or small change → 1841 sl.
► MAN BAIRN n. a male child, a young son, a boy → 1876 Sc.
► MAN-BANE n. an opprobrious name for tobacco → 1618 obs.
► MAN-BETTER-MAN phr. a phrase used to issue a definite challenge to fight, with the implication of finding out who is the ‘better man’ → 20C W. Indies sl.
► MAN-BIG adj. grown to manhood → 1880 Ireland & Sc.
► MAN-BITES-DOG adj. of a news story or event: arousing interest because of its unexpected nature → 1943 chiefly US
► MAN-BODY n. a full-grown male person; a man in general as opposed to a woman → 1825 Sc. & Amer. dial.
► MAN BOOBS n. unusually prominent breasts on a man → 1991 colloq.
► MAN-BOUND adj. unable to leave port because of a shortage of crew → 1867 nautical usage, obs.
► MAN-BOX n. a coffin → 1820 Brit. sl.
► MAN-BOY n. a youth; an immature man → 1637
► MAN-BROKER n. an agent who procures seamen, soldiers, etc. → 1867 obs.
► MAN-BROWED adj. having hair growing between the eyebrows → 1825 Sc.
► MANC adj. pert. to Manchester → 1998 colloq.
n. a native or inhabitant of Manchester → 1961 colloq.
► MAN-CASE n. the body → 1655 obs.
► MAN-CATCH vb. to trap men → 1682
► MAN-CATCHER n. 1. a constable → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. a labour recruiter; an employment agency → 1926 US sl.
► MANCATION n. maiming, mutilation → 1727 obs.
► MANCH n. 1. a sloven, a slut → 1897 Eng. dial.
n. 2. trouble, pains, bother; a fuss → 1897 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a confused mass; a mess; a muddle; fig. a blunder, a dilemma → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 4. Manchester, England → 2000 colloq.
vb. 1. to chew; to eat; to munch → 1829 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to mince; to mash, to bruise, to crush to a pulp; to beat up → 1895 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to trouble, to bother, to take pains → 1897 Eng. dial.
► MAN-CHAP n. a man → 1890 Eng. dial.
► MANCHE n. 1. a sleeve → 1391 obs.
n. 2. the neck of a violin, guitar, etc. → 1876
► MANCHESTER n. 1. the tongue → 1812 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 2. household linen → 1907 Aust. & NZ sl.
► MANCHESTER-BRED adj. physically strong, mentally weak → M19 sl.
► MANCHESTER CITIES n. the female breasts → 1966 Aust. & UK rhyming sl. for ‘titties’
► MANCHESTERS n. the female breasts → 1966 Aust. & UK rhyming sl. for ‘titties’
► MANCHESTER SOVEREIGN n. 1 shilling → M19 sl.
► MANCHET n. 1. the finest kind of wheaten bread → 1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. food → 1583 obs.
n. 3. a small loaf of white bread; a hot cake; a muffin → 1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MAN-CHILD n. a male child → 1438
► MANCIA n. a gratuity, a tip → 1798 Italian
► MANCINISM n. the state or condition of being left-sided → 1890
► MANCIPATE adj. made subject to → 1502 obs.
vb. to make subject, to enslave → 1574 obs.
► MANCIPATION n. the act of enslaving; the state of being enslaved → 1577
► MANCIPATIVE adj. relating to mancipation → 1875 Roman Law usage, obs.
► MANCIPLE n. 1. an officer or servant who purchases provisions for a college, an inn of court, a monastery, etc. → 1225
n. 2. a bondslave, a servant → 1387 obs.
► MANCOWE n. a baboon → 1400 obs.
► MAN-CRAZED adj. of a woman: love-smitten → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAN-CRAZY adj. having a strong desire for men → 1923
► MAN CRITTER n. a human being → 1940 Amer. dial.
► MANCUNIAN n. a native or inhabitant of Manchester → 1771
► MANCUNT n. 1. a passive homosexual → 1990 homosexual sl.
n. 2. the anus → 1990 homosexual sl.
► MAND n. a question → 1500 obs.
vb. 1. to emit, to send forth → 1350 obs.
vb. 2. to command, to order; to send for → 1483 obs.
► MANDA vb. to masturbate → 2003 S. Afr. homosexual sl.
► MANDAMENT n. an injunction, command → 1442 obs.
► MANDARIN n. a senior civil servant, politician, or commentator → 1910 sl.
► MANDARINISM n. pedantry, highbrow style; esoteric study → 1976
► MANDATE vb. 1. to command → 1623 obs.
vb. 2. to learn a speech, discourse, etc. by heart; to memorize → 1705 Sc.
► MANDATION n. a committing a speech to memory → 1867 Sc. obs.
► MANDATIVE adj. pert. to command, commanding, authoritative → 1576
► MANDATUM n, an order or instruction → 1577 obs.
► M AND C n. a mixture of morphine and cocaine, the equivalent of the heroin and cocaine ‘speedball’ → 1928 US drug culture sl.
► MAN-DEALER n. a slave-dealer → 1860
► MAN DEED n. a wicked act → 1000 obs.
► MANDELL n. a loose coat or overcoat → 1579 obs.
► MANDEM n. males, men; people in general → 2007 sl.
► MANDEMENT n. that which is commanded; a commandment or order, usually written → 1325 arch.
► MANDER n. 1. kind, variety → 1867 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a remand to prison, pending trial → 1877 UK prison & criminals’ sl.
vb. 1. to handle, to deal → 1825 Sc.
vb. 2. to order about in a dictatorial fashion; to scold → 1872 Eng. dial.
► MANDERS n. manners; fashions → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANDIBLE adj. capable of being chewed or eaten → 1656 obs.
► MANDIL n. a turban → 1662
► MANDILL n. a loose coat or overcoat → 1579 obs.
► MANDINGO n. a tough, physically strong, virile African-American man → 1960 African-American sl.
► MANDITION n. an injunction, an order, an instruction → 1597 obs.
► MANDLE n. a loose coat or overcoat → 1579 obs.
► M AND M adj. of a person: just about socially acceptable → 2002 US teen sl.
n. a 9mm pistol → 1999 US sl.
► MANDMENT n. a commandment, an order; that which is commanded; also, the act of commanding, command, rule → 1297 obs.
► M AND Ms n. barbiturates, amphetamines, drugs available as pills → 1972 sl., orig. US drug culture
► MANDOM n. the realm of man → 1844
► MANDOZY n. 1. a term of endearment among London Jews → 1864 sl.
n. 2. a powerful blow → 1984 sl.
► MANDRAKE n. 1. a term of abuse; an inferior person → 1508 chiefly Sc. obs.
n. 2. an unpleasant or unwanted person or thing → 1568 obs.
n. 3. something that produces a soothing or narcotic effect → 1649 obs.
n. 4.  a dildo → 1655 sl.
n. 5. the penis → 1784 UK sl.
n. 6. a sodomite; a male homosexual → 1880 sl.
► MAN-DREAM n. human joy, loud mirth → 1205 obs.
► MANDRIARCH n. a ruler or founder of a monastic order → 1871
► MANDRITE n. a person who lived in a solitary cave or other secluded place; a hermit → 1844
► MANDRITTA n. in fencing: a cut from right to left → 1595 hist.
► MANDUCABLE adj. capable of being manducated or chewed or eaten; eatable → 1614 obs.
► MANDUCATE vb. to chew, to eat → 1623
► MANDUCATION n. 1. the act of eating → 1513 obs.
n. 2. the act of chewing → 1650
► MANDUCATORY adj. relating to chewing → 1814
► MAN DUMPLING n. a very large dumpling → 1948 W. Indies
► MANDY adj. 1. abusive, insolent, saucy; surly → 1730 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of a horse: restive → 1730 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. domineering, proud, haughty → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 4. showy → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
n. a tablet of the sedative Mandrax → 1969 sl.
vb. 1. to command → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to masturbate → 2003 S. Afr. homosexual sl.
► MANE adv. in the morning, early in the day → 1689 obs.
n. 1. a person’s long hair → 1480
n. 2. Charles the Great, Charlemagne → 1485 Sc. obs.
n. 3. the hackles on the neck of a male fowl, esp. of a gamecock → 1614 obs.
n. 4. the morning; the first part of the day → 1727 obs.
n. 5. the wool on a ewe’s neck → 1900 Sc.
► MAN-EATER n. 1. a person who eats human flesh; a cannibal → 1600
n. 2. a watchman, a constable → 1700 UK sl.
n. 3. a swindler → 1833 sl.
n. 4. a horse prone to biting people → 1838 Brit. colloq., obs.
n. 5. a person who is ferocious, predatory, or the like → 1884 Amer. sl.
n. 6. a sexually voracious woman; one regarded as predacious in her treatment of lovers → 1890 colloq.
n. 7. a dangerous piece of machinery → 1897 Amer. sl.
n. 8. an exceptionally strong, tough fellow; esp. a pugilist → 20C Brit. sl.
n. 9. a ship’s officer who is strict or harsh on his crew → 1929 Brit. sailing ships’ usage
n. 10. a homosexual man; a fellator → 1972  sl. (Bk.)
► MAN-EATING adj. 1. devoted to fellatio → 1971 sl.
adj. 2. of a woman: seen as aggressively disliking males → 2012 US sl.
► MANEEN n. a little man; a gauche young man → 1916 Irish sl.
► MAN-ENTERED adj. initiated into manhood → 1607 obs.
► MANERY n. a mansion or manor → 1563 obs.
► MANESS n. a woman as the feminine of man → 1594
► MANEUVRA vb. to pick up a girl → 2000 African-American sl.
► MAN-FACED adj. having masculine features → 1877 Sc.
► MAN FAT n. virility, manly power → 20C Brit. colloq.
► MANFIERDIE adj. of a woman: of marriageable age; ready for matrimony → 1866 Sc.
► MAN-FISH n. a merman → 1653 obs.
► MAN-FOND adj. of a woman: love-smitten → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAN FOR ALL SEASONS n. one who is ready for any situation, or adaptable to any circumstance → 1973
► MAN FOR BREAKFAST n. a killing → 1881 US Western sl.
► THE MAN FOR MY MONEY n. the person whom I should choose to employ or support; the right person → L17
► MAN FRIDAY n. a servile follower or attendant; a servant of all work; a personal assistant who does all kinds of work → 1809
► MANFUL adj. 1. having manly courage and resolution; brave, resolute → 1400
adj. 2. stately in appearance; like a gentleman, courtly → 1425 obs.
adv. vigorously, energetically → 1895 Amer. dial.
► MANFUL-HARDINESS n. bravery, courage → 1430 obs.
► MANFUL-HARDY adj. brave → 1542 obs.
► MANFULLY adv. honourably → 1579 obs.
► MANG n. 1. suppressed anger or fury; strong emotion, mingled feelings → 1866 Sc.
n. 2. a mixture, a muddle, a confusion → 1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 3. a general insult → 1999 Aust. teen sl.
n. 4. prison → 1
prep. among → 1857 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to bewilder, to lead astray; to be bewildered; to go mad → 1440 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
vb. 2. to become confused or distressed to the point of losing control of oneself; to become frantic or crazed with emotion, love, rage, etc. → 1766 Sc.
vb. 3. to break in pieces; to bruise, to crush; to overpower → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to beg for money; to beg, to cadge → 1811 sl.
vb. 5. to speak or talk, hence to boast → 1812 sl.
vb. 6. to maim, to injure → 1825 Sc.
vb. 7. to mix together; to mess about; to touch with the hand; generally of food → 1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 8. to be extremely eager or anxious; to long, to be consumed with desire → 1866 Sc.
► MANGA n. food → 1907 Aust., NZ & services’ sl.
► MANGAL n. mangrove swamp forest → 1968
► MANGARLY n. food → M19 Brit. sl.
► MANGARY n. food → M19 Brit. sl.
► MANG AT vb. to feel strong but suppressed anger; to be angry with → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MANGE adj. unpleasant, impolite → 1995 W. Indies sl.
n. 1. a meal → 1605 obs.
n. 2. a restless desire → 1648 obs.
n. 3. the mane of a horse → 1888 African-American
n. 4. food → 1909 sl.
vb. to eat → 1362 obs.
► MANGED adj. confused, muddled, crazed → 1507 Sc. obs.
► MANGED-OOP adj. messed, badly mixed → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANGER n. a sumptuous meal; a banquet → 1420 obs.
vb. to eat → 1609 obs.
► MANGER-DOGGISHNESS n. a being a dog-in-the-manger (a person who prevents others from using something he or she has no use for) → 1861
► MANGERY n. 1. a banquet; a ceremonial feast; a series of festivities → 1400 obs.
n. 2. banqueting, luxurious eating → 1470 obs.
n. 3. board; necessary food → 1596 obs.
► MAN-GETTER n. a labour recruiter; an employment agency → 1920 US sl.
► MANGHANGLE adj. mixed up; confused → 1825 Eng. dial.
n. a confused mass → 1873 Eng. dial.
vb. to mangle; to mix in a wild and confused manner → 1790 Eng. dial.
► MANGINA n. 1. a reticent, reserved man → 2000 US students’ sl.
n. 2. the anus → 2000 homosexual sl.
► MANGLE n. 1. the vagina → 1846 sl.
n. 2. a bicycle → 1928 Aust. sl.
vb. to join in singing a chorus, as in a public house → 1844 UK sl.
► MANGLE AND WRINGER n. a singer → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► MANGLED adj. 1, worn out → 1922 Irish sl.
adj. 2. hurt, injured → 1930 US sl.
adj. 3. dishevelled, unkempt → 1989 US students’ sl.
adj. 4. drunk → 2001 Irish sl.
► MANGLE-MASH n. a mixture → 1890 Eng. dial.
► MANGLUMTEW n. a heterogeneous mixture → Bk1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MANGLY adj. of mixed colours, variegated → 1957 Amer. dial.
► MANGMENT n. a broken and confused mass → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANGO n. 1. a slave-dealer → 1601 obs.
n. 2. a green bell pepper → 1948 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a woman’s breast → 1986 Amer. sl.
n. 4. a NZ $50 note → 1988 NZ sl.
n. 5. a hairy anus → 2003 S. Afr. homosexual sl.
► MANGONISM n. the craft of pampering, trimming, or setting out saleable things → 1656 obs.
► MANGONIST n. a slave-dealer; one who furbishes up inferior wares for sale → 1605 obs.
► MANGONIZATION n. the act of ‘mangonizing’ or tricking out arguments or ideas so as to make them more convincing to others → 1660 obs.
► MANGONIZE vb. 1. to traffic in slaves → 1601 obs.
vb. 2. to furbish up inferior wares for sale → 1623 obs.
► MANGONY n. the craft of pampering, trimming, or setting out saleable things → 1623 obs.
► MANGOON adj. insane, mad → 1917 Aust. sl., orig. services’ usage
► MAN-GRABBER n. a labour recruiter; an employment agency → 1949 US sl.
► MAN-GROWED adj. having reached manhood → 1930 Amer. dial.
► MAN-GROWN adj. mature, grown-up, adult → 1883 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. (usually as ‘man grown’) an adult man → 1939 Amer. dial. 
► MANGSMAN n. a lawyer → 1848 UK criminals’ sl.
► MANGY adj. 1. sparse, threadbare → 1529 
adj. 2. unpleasant; deplorable → 1538
adj. 3. squalid, poverty-stricken, shabby → 1538
adj. 4. beggarly, mean, contemptible → 1548
adj. 5. cowardly, mean → 1896 Eng. dial.
adj. 6. dirty-looking; unevenly coloured; spotted → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 7. mean, grasping, avaricious → 1914 Irish sl.
► MANGY OLD SON OF A HORSE THIEF n. a term of contempt → 1942 Amer. Western sl. (Bk.)
► MAN-HAIR n. a man’s pubic hair → 1928
► MANHANDLE vb. 1. to attack an enemy → 1470 obs.
vb. 2. to handle or wield a tool → 1500 obs.
► MAN-HATRESS n. a woman who hates men → 1838 obs.
► MANHATTAN EELS n. condoms → 1993 US
► MAN-HAUL vb. to pull or lift without mechanical or animal assistance → 1921
► MANHEAD n. 1. the state of being human; the condition of belonging to humanity; human nature → 1220 obs.
n. 2. the quality of being manly; manhood; virility; courage, valour → 1300 obs.
n. 3. manly dignity; the dignity of manhood → 1300 obs.
n. 4. homage → 1325 obs.
n. 5. human shape or form → 1330 obs.
n. 6. humanity, humaneness, kindness → 1340 obs.
► MANHOLE n. 1. the vagina → 1890 UK sl.
n. 2. a bar, a saloon, a club, esp. for men only → 1942 African-American sl.
n. 3. the anus → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► MANHOLE COVER n. 1. a sanitary napkin → 1948 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a pancake → 1961 US military jocular usage
n. 3. a brother → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► MANHOOD n. 1. homage → 1340 obs.
n. 2. the dignity of man; reputation → 1425 obs.
n. 3. humanity, humaneness → 1425 obs.
n. 4. the male genitals, the penis → 1689
► MAN-HUCKSTER n. ‘a mistress of the male stews’ (brothel) → 1640 obs.
► MAN-HUNGRY adj. having a strong desire for a man → 1951
► MAN-HUNTER n. 1. a term of contempt for a cannibal, slave-dealer, brigand, or the like → 1555
n. 2. a labour recruiter; an employment agency → 1920 US sl.
n. 3. a woman who seeks to become acquainted with men, esp. for sexual purposes or with a view to marriage → 1925
► MAN-HUNTERS n. women, esp. spinsters and widows → L19 Brit. jocular usage
► MANIABLE adj. 1. that may be handled or felt, palpable → 1483 obs.
adj. 2. easy to handle; flexible, pliable, workable → 1484 obs.
► MANIAPHOBIA n. an abnormal fear of madness → 1991 (Bk.)
► MANICA n. a sleeve → 1727
► MANICATED adj. wearing a sleeve or glove → 1727 obs.
► MANICOU-MAN n. an effeminate man → 1996 W. Indies sl.
► MANIE n. a mania → 1386 obs.
► MANIÉRÉ adj. affected by mannerism. mannered → 1743 French
► MANIES O’ TIMES adv. very often → 1888 Eng. dial.
► MANIFEST n. a fast freight train → 1915 US sl.
► MANIFESTANT n. one who demonstrates in public → 1880
► MANIFESTATOR n. one who manifests → 1609 obs.
► MANIFESTERESS n. a female who manifests → 1662 obs.
► MANIFESTO n. a proof, a piece of evidence → 1644 obs.
► MANIFOLD n. the intestines or bowels → 1280 Eng. dial.
vb. to make manifold, to multiply → 1000
► MANIFOLDS n. the intestines or bowels → 1280 Eng. dial.
► MANIFOLDWISE adv. in various ways → 1440 obs.
► MANIFORM adj. multiform; existing in any forms or kinds → 1811
► MANIFY vb. to make man-like → 1799
► MANIGATE n. a straight road over bog or moss land → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANIKIN adj. 1. very small or short; dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny → 1840 obs.
adj. 2. underdeveloped, weak, puny → 1840 obs.
n. 1.a little man, often used contemptuously; a dwarf, a pygmy → 1540
n. 2. a person regarded as weak, inferior, or ineffectual → 1540
n. 3. a masculine woman → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► MAN IN A GREY FLANNEL SUIT n. a shark → 1997 Aust. sl.
► MAN IN BLACK n. a clergyman → 1692 obs.
► MAN IN BLUE n. a policeman → 1896 colloq.
► MAN IN GRAY n. a postman → 1944 African-American sl.
► MANINGS n. the people of the Isle of Man → 1688
► MANINI adj. small, inferior; stingy → 1966 Hawaii
► MAN-IN-SPACE n. an astronaut → 1959 orig. US
► THE MAN IN THE BOAT n. the clitoris → 1890 sl.
► THE MAN IN THE BOX n. the announcer of weather forecasts over the radio telephone → 1946 Brit. fishermen’s usage
► MAN-IN-THE-CARS n. man-in-the-street; an average or ordinary person → 1888 US obs.
► MAN IN THE GAP n. one who bravely fights for and succeeds in achieving a cause or position → 20C Irish sl.
► MAN IN THE HOLE n. a train in the siding → 1970 US railroad sl. (Bk.)
► MAN IN THE MOON n. 1. a watchman, a constable → 1630 UK sl.
n. 2. the nickname for the person, necessarily anonymous and quick to disappear, who pays out bribes at elections → 1866 sl.
n. 3. a fool, an eccentric or crazy person → 1992 rhyming sl. for ‘loon’
► THE MAN IN THE MOON n. an imaginary person → 1596 obs.
► MAN IN THE OAK n. a spirit or ghost supposed to inhabit an oak tree → 1584 obs.
► MANIPLE n. 1. a handful → 1632
n. 2. the hand → 1825
► MANIPORTIA n. delirium tremens → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MANIPULABLE adj. capable of being manipulated → 1881
► MANIPULATE ONE’S MANGO vb. to masturbate → M20 sl.
► MANIPULATORY adj. 1. that may be held in the hand → 1808 obs.
adj. 2. involving manipulation → 1827
► MANISH vb. 1. to manage → 1867 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to work a farm in a prosperous manner; to apply manure → 1893 Eng. dial.
► MANISHEE n. a woman → 1923 Sc.
► MANISHER n. a manager → 1885 Eng. dial.
► MANISHMENT n. 1. management → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. the method of cultivating and nourishing the land; manure and other fertilizers → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANISHON n. a little insignificant-looking person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANISM n. the worship of spirits of the dead; ancestor-worship → 1904
► MANITOODLIE n. a term of endearment for a baby boy or a male child → 1824 Sc.
► MAN IT OUT vb. to bear up manfully → 1668 obs.
► MANIVILINS ► MANIVLINS n. odd money in the daily accounts → 1863 Brit. railway clerks’ usage
► MAN JACK n. the average or common person → 1807
► MANJEE n. a captain or steersman of a boat → Anglo-Indian obs.
► MAN JOHN n. the average or common person → 1838 obs.
► MAN JONATHAN n. the average or common person → 1832 obs.
► MANJONIUS adj. not quite humongous, but nearly → 1968 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► MANK adj. 1. maimed, mutilated, defective → 1522 chiefly Sc. obs.
adj. 2. deficient, defective, incomplete → 1700 Sc. obs.
adj. 3. of persons: at a loss, nonplussed → 1808 Sc.
n. 1. a deficiency, a want, a lack → 1513 Sc. obs.
n. 2. a moment’s uncertainty, a hesitation; a pother, a fuss, a to-do → 1808 Sc.
n. 3. a prank, a trick; a practical joke → 1865 Eng. dial.
n. 4. Manchester → 2000 sl.
n. 5. a Mancunian → 2000 sl.
vb. 1. to maim, to mangle, to mutilate; to make defective; to impair, to spoil → 1400 obs. exc. Sc.
vb. 2. to fail, to fall short; to be insufficient → 1737 Sc. obs.
vb. 3. to prank, to romp; to play tricks; to pretend to work, to gossip → 1864 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to nod with the head → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 5. to talk in an affected manner → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 6. to want, to long for → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 7. of the moon: to pale, to fade → 1933 Sc.
► MANKED adj. maimed, mangled, mutilated → 1400 chiefly Sc.
► MANKEDHEAD n. disabled condition → 1400 obs.
► MANKEDLY adv. in a mutilated fashion → 1558 obs.
► MAN-KEEN adj. 1. of animals (rarely of persons): inclined to attack men; fierce, savage → 1300  obs. exc. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of a woman: strongly attached to men; flirtatious, libidinous; love-smitten → 1684 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. of a woman: passionate → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. a savage animal → 1652 obs.
► MAN-KEEPER n. a newt → 1825 Sc.
► MANKER n. a calico or tortoiseshell cat → 1947 Amer. dial.
► MANKEY adj. 1. of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory → 1958 sl.
adj. 2. dirty, filthy → 1971 Brit. sl.
► MANKIE vb. 1. to fail; to miss → 1882 Sc.
vb. 2. of the moon: to pale, to fade → 1933 Sc.
► MAN-KILLER n. 1. a murderer, an assassin → 1500
n. 2. an implement that is exhausting to use, as a scythe → 1876 Amer. dial.
n. 3. porter, stout, any black beer → L19 sl.
n. 4. a vicious horse → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► MANKIN n. 1. the human race; mankind; a race of men, a people; human nature → 971 obs.
n. 2. a diminutive or puny man → 1552
► MANKIND adj. 1. male → 1479 obs.
adj. 2. infuriated, furious, fierce, mad → 1519 obs.
adj. 3. of women: masculine, virago-like → 1566 obs.
adj. 4. human → 1584 obs.
n. 1. the nature of man; human nature → 1325 obs.
n. 2. human feeling, humanity → 1603 obs.
► MANKINDLY adv. cruelly, ferociously → 1606 obs.
► MANKIND-WOMAN n. a coarse, masculine woman → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANKING adj. devious, cheating → 1861 Eng. dial.
► MANKIT adj. 1. worn out by violent exertion, esp. by incessant rowing; exhausted → 1866 Sc.
adj. 2. defective, corrupt, cut awry, mangled → 1928 Sc.
► MANKS n. 1. the people of the Isle of Man → 1688
n. 2. a slattern → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANKSMAN n. a native of the Isle of Man → 1702
► MANKY adj. 1. naughty, undisciplined → 1877 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of a horse: skittish, frisky → 1886 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. whimsical; lively, frisky → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 4. of low quality; bad; inferior; defective; unsatisfactory → 1958 Eng. dial. & colloq.
adj. 5. dirty, disgusting, filthy → 1971 Brit. colloq.
► MAN-LEECH n. a whore, a prostitute → 1687 obs.
► MAN-LENGTH adj. having reached the age of manhood, adult, mature → 1896 Sc.
► MANLESS adj. 1. unmanly, effeminate → 1529 obs.
adj. 2. inhuman → 1611 obs.
► MANLESSLY adv. in an inhuman manner, cruelly → 1607 obs.
► MANLESSNESS n. cowardice → 1667 obs.
► MANLIHEAD n. 1. the condition of being human → 1325 obs.
n. 2. virility, bravery, courage → 1422 obs.
► MANLIHOOD n. manliness → 1641
► MAN LINE n. a fashionable residential district → 1939 Amer. dial.
► MANLINESS n. humanity; human kindness → 1382 obs.
► MANLING n. a little man → 1573
► MANLY adj. 1. belonging to human beings; human → 1225 obs.
adj. 2. humane, charitable; generous → 1400 obs.
adj. 3. courteous, subservient → 1430 obs.
adj. 4. ‘grown up’; adult, mature → 1579 obs.
adv. 1. in a manly manner; manfully, courageously, with valour or energy → 1205 obs.
adv. 2. like a human being; humanely, courteously; generously → 1377 obs.
adv. 3. excellently; ‘bravely’ → 1605 obs.
► MANLY-ALICE n. a consciously masculine homosexual man → 2019 UK sl.
► MANLY-WARRINGAHS n. fingers → 1990 Aust. rhyming sl.