Dictionary: MOH – MOM


► MOHALE n. an American Indian woman or wife → 1850 Amer. dial.
► MOHASKY adj. intoxicated with marijuana → M20 US drug culture sl.
n. marijuana → M20 US drug culture sl.
► MOHAWK n.a haircut in which the head is shaved except for a strip of hair running down the centre of the scalp → 1950 Amer. dial.
► MOHICAN n. a haircut in which the head is shaved except for a strip of hair running down the centre of the scalp → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MOIDER n. 1. distracting or foolish talk → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. cajolery, blarney → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 3. a fuss, a bother → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to confuse, to perplex, to bewilder → 1790 Sc. & Eng, dial.
vb. 2. to wander about aimlessly or confusedly → 1872 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to labour very hard → 1876 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to make a fuss or commotion → 1895 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to stupefy with blows → 1895 Sc.
► MOIDERED adj. stupid or bemused from drink; dull, stupid → 1824 Sc.
► MOIDERMENT n. worry, trouble, annoyance → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOIDLE vb. to worry, to bother, to confuse; to muddle, to mess about → 1861 Eng. dial. 
► MOIDY adj. moist → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOIL n. 1. toil, drudgery, hard labour → 1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a cow without horns → 1863 Eng. dial. 
vb. 1. to toil, to labour, to work hard, to drudge → 1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
vb. 2.to make dirty, to defile; to soil, to bedaub, to plaster with mud or dirt → 1777 Eng. dial. 
vb. 3. to be fidgety or restless; to worry; to be in a flurry, mess, or confusion → 1870 Eng. dial. 
► MOILD n. 1/toil, labour, drudgery → 1864 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a mess, confusion, muddle; turmoil, uproar → 1896 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a profuse perspiration or sweat → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to be in a state of confusion or muddle; to get disordered or crumpled → 1894 Eng. dial.
► MOILED adj. 1. hot and weary with work; tired out, exhausted → 1790 Eng. dial. 
adj. 2. upset, worried → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOILEY n. a good-natured, mild person → 1824 Sc.
► MOIND n. a moment → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MOISE vb. to improve, to mend → 1787 Eng. dial.
► MOISENED adj. dazed, perplexed → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOISER n. a medicine which makes a sick person improve in health → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOIST n. 1. moisture → 1366
n. 2. a fog, a mist → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to moisten → 1382 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
► MOISTEN ONE’S CLAY vb. to drink → 1840 sl.
► MOISTEN ONE’S THROTTLE vb. to quench one’s thirst, to drink → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOISTY adj. damp; humid → 1966 Amer. dial.
► MOIT n. a small or minute particle → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOITHER n. distracting or foolish talk → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to confuse, to perplex, to bewilder → 1790 Sc. & Eng, dial.
vb. 2. to wander about aimlessly or confusedly → 1872 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to talk incoherently or foolishly; to be delirious, to wander or ramble in one’s mind → 1874 Eng. dial.
► MOITHERDY adj. dazed, bewildered; wandering in one’s mind, silly; delirious → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOITHERY adj. of the air or atmosphere: oppressive, close → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOJO n. 1. a charm, amulet, or spell; magic → 1926 Amer. dial., orig. chiefly African-American usage
n. 2. cocaine, heroin, morphine, or a similar drug → 1935 Amer. drug culture sl.
n. 3. a kind of dance → 1970 African-American usage
n. 4. sex appeal or sex drive → 1995 African-American sl.
vb. 1. to hoodwink, to get the best of one → 1938 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to jinx or charm → 1966 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to go, to depart → 1994 Amer. sl.
► THE MOJO AND THE SAY-SO n. the ability to enforce one’s wishes completely → 1975 Amer. sl.
► MOKE adj. hazy, dark → 19C Eng. dial.
n. 1.  a mesh of a net → 1604 Eng. dial.
n. 2.  a moderate bore → 19C Amer. dial.
n. 2.  an easygoing fellow; one in the habit of asking favours → 19C Amer. dial.
n. 4.  a variety performer who plays on several instruments → 19C theatrical sl.
n. 5.  a donkey, an ass → 1839 Eng. dial. & sl.
n. 6. a Black person; occasionally a Filipino or Hawaiian → 1847 US sl., usually derogatory
n. 7.  a stupid fellow, a dolt, a blockhead; a foolish or inconsequential fellow → 1855 Eng. dial. & sl.
n. 8.  a very inferior horse → 1863 Aust. sl.
n. 9.  a mist, a fog; thick, close, foggy weather → 1866 Eng. dial.
n. 10. an old person, disrespectfully spoken to → 1871 Amer. sl.
n. 11. a dark-skinned person of any race → 1871 Amer. sl., usually contemptuous and offensive
n. 12. coffee → 1929 Amer. sl., esp. nautical usage
vb. 1.  to mock → 1450 obs.
vb. 2. to play truant → 19C Eng. dial.
vb. 3.  to loaf or lounge about; to idle → 1863 Eng. dial.
► MOKE-HEARTED adj. timid, cowardly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOKES n. 1. embers, coals → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
n. 2. a foolish or inconsequential fellow; a stupid fellow → 1985 Amer. sl.
► MOKEY adj. of weather: foggy, hazy → 1938 Amer. dial.
► MOKIE n. a stupid, silly lout → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MOKKER n. clothing → 1947 Aust. & NZ sl.
► MOKKERED UP adj. dressed in one’s smartest clothes → 1938 Aust. & NZ sl.
► MOKUS adj. drunk; also, needing a drink → 1954 Amer. sl.
n. 1. a donkey → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. loneliness → 1928 Amer. sl.
n. 3. liquor → 1954 Amer. sl.
n. 4. a profoundly drunken state → 1965 Amer. sl.
► THE MOKUS n. a state of depression; the blues → 1927 Amer. sl.
► MOKY adj. of weather: foggy, hazy → 1905 Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLA n. money → 1930 sl., orig. US
► MOLARED adj. drunk → 20C Aust. sl.
► MOLAR JERKER n. a dentist → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MOLAR MASHER n. a dentist → 1950 Amer. dial.
► MOLAR TINKER n. a dentist → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MOLASSES int. nonsense! → 1924 Amer. dial.
n. 1.  a nickname for a slow or lazy person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. nonsense, baloney → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MOLASSES HOPPER n. a grasshopper → 1969 Amer. dial.
► MOLASSES SPIT n. saliva coloured brown by snuff or chewing tobacco → 1950 Amer. dial.
► MOLDEN n. a mole → 1867 Eng. dial.
► MOLDWARP n. a stupid, worthless, or good-for-nothing person; a senseless person; a dolt → 1928 Amer. dial.
► MOLDY adj. 1. worthless; unpleasant; outdated, out of style → 1896 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. uncontrollably eager → 1907 Amer. sl.
n. something repulsive → 1955 US students’ sl.
► MOLDY FIG n. 1. a person who admires older styles of jazz; used derisively → 1945 Amer. jazz usage
n. 2. a person having outdated or conservative ideas → 1949 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a spoilsport → 1960 Amer. sl.
► MOLE n. 1. the higher part of the back of the neck → 1873 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a child → 1905 Eng. dial., contemptuous usage (Bk.)
n. 3. a spy who works from within an enemy’s government or spy agency; hence, a person who spies on an organization from within → 1925 Amer. sl.
n. 4. a woman → 1965 Aust. sl., usually derogatory
► MOLE-BLIND adj. as blind as a mole → 1838 Eng. dial.
► MOLE-CATCHER n. the vagina → L19 sl.
► MOLE-COUNTRY n. the churchyard → 1893 Eng. dial.
► MOLE-DAY n. a funeral → 1867 Eng. dial. obs.
► MOLEHILL n. a pregnant stomach → E18 sl.
► MOLES n. moleskin trousers → L19 Aust. sl.
► MOLESHAG n. a caterpillar that devours cabbages → 1777 Eng. dial.
► MOLESKIN  n. a Black person → 1990 US sl., derogatory
► MOLESKIN SQUATTER n. a working man who has come to own a small sheep run → L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
► MOLESTATE vb. to harass, to trouble → 1543 obs.
► MOLESTIOUS adj. troublesome, annoying → 1524 obs.
► MOLESTUOUS adj. troublesome, burdensome, annoying; troubled → 1572 obs. 
► MOLE-TINE n. a spear or spike used to kill moles → 1676 obs.
► MOLEY n. a gangland weapon of a potato with razor blades inserted into it → 1950 Brit. sl
► MOLIMINOUS adj. 1.  massive, cumbrous → 1643 obs.
adj. 2.  done with great effort or endeavour, laborious → 1656 obs.
adj. 3.  weighty, momentous, of vast importance → 1684 obs.
► MOLL n. 1. a prostitute; a whore → 1604 sl.
n. 2. an effeminate man; a male homosexual → L17 sl.
n. 3. orig., a girl or woman; one’s wife or sweetheart ; a tough or rowdy young woman → 1753
n. 4. a criminal’s or gangster’s female companion → 1823 sl.
n. 5. a female pickpocket or thief → 1955 US sl.
vb. 1. to idle → 1882 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to work as a prostitute → 1954 Amer. sl.
► MOLLA-HEAD n. a shock-head of hair → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLL-BUZZARD n. a pickpocket who preys upon women → 1899 criminals’ & police sl.
► MOLL-BUZZER n. 1. a pickpocket who preys upon women → 1859 criminals’ & police sl.
n. 2. a female pickpocket or beggar; a female thief → 1866 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a ladies’ man → 1913 Amer. sl.
n. 4. a panhandler who begs from women → 1925 Amer. sl.
► MOLL-BUZZING n. purse snatching; picking pockets → 1900 Amer. sl.
► MOLL-COT n. an effeminate man; one who does women’s work → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLL CRIB n. a brothel → 1866 Amer. sl.
► MOLLED adj. drunk → 20C Aust. sl.
► MOLLETS n. fantastic airs; sly winks → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MOLLEY n. 1. a prostitute → E18 sl.
n. 2. a female pickpocket → M19 sl.
► MOLLIA TEMPORA FANDI n. favourable times for speaking, the best time to speak → 1661 
► MOLLIE n. 1. a prostitute → E18 sl.
n. 2. one of the gardener caste in India; hence, any native gardener → 1759 Anglo-Indian
n. 3. a nickname for a female horse or mule → 1944 Amer. dial.
► MOLLIE COTTONTAIL n. a rabbit → 1835 Amer. dial.
► MOLLIES n. men’s long underwear → 1966 Amer. dial.
► MOLLIFY vb. to bruise, to beat → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLLIFY THE FIST vb. to bribe, to pay well → 1698 obs.
► MOLLIGRANT  n. a complaint; a whining lamentation → 1864 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. to lament; to whine → 1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MOLLIPEART adj. over-lively → 1867 Eng. dial.
► MOLLISHER n. a woman; a low-class girl or woman; one living in concubinage; a female cohabiting with a man, who jointly get their living by thieving; a thief’s mistress; a wife → 1765 sl.
► MOLLITIOUS adj. luxurious, sensuous; inviting to repose → 1646
► MOLLITUDE n. softness, timidity; weakness of character or spirit, effeminacy → 1599
► MOLL-KIT n. a pampered or effeminate male → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLLOCK vb. to cavort; to have a good time; to have sexual intercourse → 1932 sl.
► MOLL-ON-THE-COALS n. a gloomy-minded person → 1823 Sc.
► MOLLOP ► MOLLUP vb. to toss the head in a haughty or disdainful way → 1838 Sc.
► MOLL PEATLEY’S GIG n. sexual intercourse → L18 sl.
► MOLL PEATLEY’S JIG n. copulation → L18 sl.
► MOLL PRATLEY’S GIG n. sexual intercourse → L18 sl.
► MOLLSACK n. a market basket → M19 sl.
► MOLL SHOP n. a brothel → 20C sl.
► MOLL’S THREE MISFORTUNES phr. ‘broke the [chamber-] pot, bes[hi]t the bed and cut her a[r]se’ → L18 sl.
► MOLL THOMPSON’S MARK n. a term used to describe an empty bottle → L18 sl.
► MOLL-TOOL n. a female pickpocket → M19 sl.
► MOLL-TOOLER n. a female pickpocket → M19 sl.
► MOLLWHIZ n. a female pickpocket → 1930 US criminals’ sl.
► MOLL-WIRE n. 1. a pickpocket who specializes in robbing female victims → M19 sl.
n. 2. a female pickpocket → M19 sl.
► MOLLY adj.– drunk → 1960 Aust. rhyming sl. (Molly the Monk)
n. 1. an effeminate man or boy, esp. a homosexual; usually used derisively → 1709 sl.
n. 2. a prostitute; broadly, a woman or girl → 1719 sl.
n. 3. one of the gardener caste in India; hence, any native gardener → 1759 Anglo-Indian
n. 4. a man who fusses and busies himself about the house, or with women’s work → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 5. a nickname for a female horse or mule → 1944 Amer. dial.
n. 6. nonsense, bunk → 1966 Amer. dial.
n. 7. a cow → 1968 Amer. dial.
n. 8. a telephone → 1971 Brit. rhyming sl. (Molly Malone)
n. 9. an upper or sleep-retarding pill → 1976 Amer. drug culture sl.
n. 10  MDMA → 2003 Brit. drug culture sl.
vb. 1. to sodomize, to bugger → E18 sl.
vb. 2. to idle → 1882 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. of a man: to do women’s work; to attend to household affairs → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLLY BÁN n. confusion, worry → 20C Irish sl.
► MOLLY BAWN n. confusion, worry → 20C Irish sl.
► MOLLY-BOOBY n. a foolish person → 1965 Barbados sl.
► MOLLY-BOY n. an effeminate or homosexual man → E18 sl.
► MOLLY-CHOPS n. anything effeminately delicate → 1894 Eng. dial.
► MOLLYCODDLE n. 1. a man or boy who is used to being coddled; an effeminate man → 1833 colloq.
n. 2. a man who does household work; one who interferes with women’s business → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 3. a lollipop → 1957 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to coddle or treat with excessive kindness; to pamper → 1863 colloq.
vb. 2. to do the household work properly appertaining to a woman → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLLYCODDLES n. an imaginary disease or illness → 1969 Amer. dial.
► MOLLY-COT n. a man who does women’s work; one who interferes with domestic arrangements → 1861 Eng. dial.
► MOLLY-COTTER n. a man who does women’s work; one who interferes with domestic arrangements → 1861 Eng. dial.
► MOLLY COTTON n. a rabbit → 1889 Amer. dial.
► MOLLY COTTONTAIL n. a rabbit → 1835 Amer. dial.
► MOLLY COW n. a hornless cow → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MOLLYCROY vb. to crush to death; to extinguish → 1905 Eng. dial.
► MOLLYCRUSH n. a jelly, usually of fruit → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to crush; to beat to a jelly; to bruise; to pulverize→ 1866 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to hector, to domineer → 1866 Eng. dial.
► MOLLY-CULL n. an effeminate man; a male homosexual → L17 sl.
► MOLLY-DODGER n. a contemptible or despicable fellow → 1964 African-American sl.
► MOLLY-DOOK n. a left-handed person → 1941 Aust. sl.
► MOLLY-DOOKER n. a left-handed person → 1934 Aust. sl.
► MOLLY-DUKE n. a left-handed person → 1941 Aust. sl.
► MOLLYFOGGING adj. contemptible, despicable → 1978 Amer. sl.
► MOLLYGRANT n. a complaint; a whining lamentation → 1864 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. to lament; to whine → 1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MOLLY GRAW n. a hobgoblin used to threaten children and make them behave → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MOLLY HAR n. a hare → 1893 Amer. dial.
► MOLLYHAWK vb. 1. to cut or chop rudely or roughly → 1901 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to tease, to abuse → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLLY HOGAN n. 1. any complicated or puzzling thing → 1960 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a nonexistent thing or person used as the basis of a practical joke → 1967 Amer. dial.
► MOLLY HOGAN DEAL n. a deal with a catch, something wrong → 1966 Can. sl.
► MOLLY-HUGGING n. love-making; petting → 1944 Amer. dial.
► MOLLYING adj. very keen on buggery → E18 sl.
► MOLLY MAGUIRED adj. tired → 1998 Brit. rhyming sl.
► MOLLY MALONE n. a telephone → 1971 Brit. rhyming sl.
► MOLLYMAWKS n. a dirty, slatternly woman → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLLYNOGGING n. frequenting the company of immoral women → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLLY O’MORGAN n. an organ (in any sense, orig. a barrel organ) → 1961 Brit. rhyming sl.
► MOLLY-PRANCE n. a merrymaking → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLLYPUFF n. a weakling; also, a term of contempt → E17 sl.
► MOLLY PUTZ n. 1. a careless, slovenly woman; a careless housewife → 1950 Amer. dial.
n. 2. woman who is somewhat scatterbrained as to her dress, mannerisms, etc. → 1988 Amer. dial.
► MOLLYRAG vb. – to scold coarsely and abusively → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLLY’S HOLE n. the vagina → 19C sl.
► MOLLY-SHOP n. a brothel → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► MOLLYSLOP adj. nonsensical, weak with overtones of effeminacy → L19 sl.
► MOLLY THE MONK adj. drunk → 1966 Aust. rhyming sl.
► MOLLYWASP n. a mole → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLO adj. drunk → 1916 Aust. sl.
► MOLO-MAN n. a Black person → 1892 Chinese Pidgin
► MOLOTOFFBREADBASKET n. a cluster of incendiary bombs → 1940 military usage, now hist.
► MOLOTOV BREADBASKET n. a cluster of incendiary bombs → 1940 military usage, now hist.
► MOLOTOV COCKTAIL n. a makeshift bomb typically consisting of a bottle of gasoline and a rag that serves as a wick and is ignited before throwing → 1939 Amer. sl., orig. journalist usage
► MOLOWA adj. lazy → 1938 Hawaii
► MOLROWING adj. howling or caterwauling → 1865 obs.
n. 1. a socializing with a disreputable woman, specifically with the female partner of a gangster → 1860 sl.
n. 2. a caterwauling, a rowing; a noisy howling → 1892 sl., usually used in plural
► MOLT vb. to perspire → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLT-WATER n. the discharge from a blister → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLYBDOMANCY n. divination by studying the motion of molten lead → 1991 (Bk.)
► MOLYSOMOPHOBIA n. an abnormal fear of infection → 1991 (Bk.)
► MOM n. 1. mother → 1876 US sl.
n. 2. a grandmother → 1941 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a passive partner in a lesbian relationship; also, a lesbian who is notably feminine in appearance and behaviour → 1957 homosexual sl.
n. 4. milk of magnesia (acronym) → 1972 Amer. sl.
► MOMBLE n. a state of confusion; a tumbled, crumpled condition; an entanglement → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to confuse; to puzzle; to wander mentally → 1896 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to jumble together; to ravel, to tangle; to wrinkle, to crumple; to crumble; to mess; to bungle; to do anything in a clumsy way → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOMBLED adj. dressed up awkwardly and ridiculously → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOMBLEDY adj. bewildered; troubled → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOMBLEMENT n. confusion; disorder → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOMBU n. the bamboo → 1662 obs.
► MOME adj. gentle; quiet; demure, diffident; thoughtful; smooth-spoken → 1864 Eng. dial.
► MOMENTAL adj. 1. lasting only a moment; momentary, brief → 1606 obs.
adj. 2.  very important, momentous → 1818 obs.
► MOMENTANEAL adj. lasting but a moment, momentary → 1610 obs.
► MOMENTANEOUS adj. 1.  lasting but a moment, momentary → 1610 obs.
adj. 2.  occurring in a moment, instantaneous → 1657 obs.
► MOMENT-HAND n. the minute-hand of a clock or watch → 1809 Sc. obs.
► MOMENTY-MORRIES n. skeletons → 1899 Eng. dial.
► MOMIST n. a fault-finder → 1597 obs.
► MOMMA n. 1. a mother → 1776
n. 2. an older Black woman, esp. a child’s nurse → 1803 Amer. dial. obs.
n. 3. a promiscuous woman → 1925 sl., orig. & chiefly US
n. 4. a girlfriend or wife → 1926 US sl.
n. 5. a grandmother → 1965 Amer. dial.
n. 6. the head of a boil → 1966 Amer. dial.
n. 7. a very attractive female; a beautiful girl → 1972 Amer. dial., esp. African-American usage
► MOMMA-HOPPER n. a supreme insult, ‘motherfucker’ → 1970 euphemism
► MOMMER n. a mother → 1929 Eng. dial.
vb. to confuse, to perplex → 1825 Eng. dial.
► MOMMET n. 1. a puppet, an odd figure → 1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a scarecrow → 1881 Eng. dial.
► MOMMETS n. trifles → 1867 Eng. dial.
► MOMMICK n. 1. a mess, a botch → 1952 Amer. dial.
n. 2. someone who makes a mess → 1968 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to mix up; to make a mess of; to ruin by bungling → 1903 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to take advantage of → 1918 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to harass, to browbeat → 1950 Amer. dial.
► MOMMICKED adj. disorderly; in confusion → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MOMMICKING n. a thorough beating → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MOMMIX n. 1. something strange and distasteful → 1923 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a mess, a botch → 1953 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a state of excitement or confusion → 1953 Amer. dial.
vb. to mix, to confuse → 1906 Amer. dial.
► MOMMIXED adj. disorderly, mixed up, in confusion → 1895 Amer. dial.
► MOMMOCK n. 1. a fragment, a scrap; a broken piece, esp. of food; a slice → 1816 Eng. dial.
n. 2. an untidy heap or mess; a litter; a confused, shapeless mass; a dirty mixture; confusion, muddle → 1875 Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to break or cut into pieces; to crumble; to tear; to mangle; to carve awkwardly → 1853 Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to squander, to dissipate, to waste; to leave carelessly about → 1870 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to disarrange, to tumble, to throw into confusion; to pull about, to mess, to make dirty; to worry → 1899 Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 4. to harass, to tease, to annoy, to torment, to impose on → 1946 Amer. dial.
► MOMMOCKED-UP adj. dressed up fantastically and absurdly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOM-MOM n. a grandmother → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MOMMUCKING adj. awkward → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOMMUX n. a muddle; a botch → 1869 Amer. sl.
vb. 1. to confuse; to confound → 1867 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to botch; to spoil in the making→ 1909 Amer. dial.
► MOMMUX UP vb. 1. to botch; to spoil in the making → 1909 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to confuse; to confound → 1913 Amer. sl.
► MOMMY n. 1 mother → . 1902 US sl.
n. 2. a grandmother → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MOMMYPOME vb. to make signs with the hands → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MO-MO ► MOMO n. 1. a stupid or useless person; a blockhead → 1954 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a motel → 2006 African-American sl.
► MOMONA adj. fat; fleshy → 1938 Hawaii
n. a fat person → 1938 Hawaii
► MOMOX n. a mess, a botch → 1867 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to botch, to mess up, to confuse → 1867 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to tear into pieces; to mangle; to beat severely, to maul → 1867 Amer. dial.
► MOM’S n. milk of magnesia (acronym) → 1972 Amer. sl.
► MOMSER n. 1. a catch-all term implying everything from great affection to deep dislike → 20C sl.
n. 2. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male → 1955 US sl.
► MOM’S ROOM n. the family or living room → 1960 Amer. dial.
► MOMZA ► MOMZER n. 1. a catch-all term implying everything from great affection to deep dislike → 20C sl.
n. 2. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male → 1955 US sl.
► MOMZIR n. a catch-all term implying everything from great affection to deep dislike → 20C sl.


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