Dictionary: N – NAF

► N n. 1. a Black person → 1971 US sl.
n. 2. narcotics → 1980 US drug culture sl.
n. 3. a painkiller, Darvocet-N. → 1980 drug culture sl.
► NAAI n. 1. a prostitute → 1990 S. Afr. sl.
n. 2. a despicable person → 2005 S. Afr. sl.
vb. to have sexual intercourse → 1985 S. Afr. sl.
► NAAIER n. a despicable person → 2005 S. Afr. sl.
► NAAM n. a trick, a sign of an evil or mischievous disposition → 1911 Sc.
vb. to be querulous  → 1919 Sc.
► NA AN’ NOO! int. an exclamation of surprise → 1903 (Bk.)
► NAAR adj. 1. unpleasant, disagreeable, nauseating → 1900 S. Afr. colloq.
adj. 2. sick, nauseated, queasy → 1969 S. Afr. colloq.
vb. to stink, to smell foul → 1980 S. Afr. sl.
► NAAVO n. a secret hiding place → 1999 Ireland
► NAB n. 1. a projecting or jutting part of a hill or rock; a peak, a promontory; a rocky or prominent hill, a summit → 1450 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. the head of a person or animal → 1536 colloq. obs.
n. 3. a hat → 1608 UK criminals’ sl. obs.
n. 4. the head of a penis → 1612 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 5. a coxcomb; a fop → 1699 sl. obs.
n. 6. the head of a stick → E17 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 7. a man of importance; a conceited person → 1796 Sc.
n. 8. one who ‘nabs’; a police officer → 1813 sl.
n. 9. a smart stroke; a blow on the head → 1822 Sc.
n. 10. a bite, a nip → 1860 colloq.
n. 11. the proceeds of a theft → 1884 Amer. sl.
n. 12. a knuckle → 1891 Eng. dial.
n. 13. a snatch, a seizure; theft; profit which is the result of sharp dealing → 1903 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 14. a knowing, old-fashioned little fellow → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
n. 15. an arrest; a police raid → 1944 US sl.
n. 16. a railroad security man → 1956 US sl.
n. 17. the Devil → 1997 Irish sl.
n. 18. the joker in a pack of cards → 1997 Irish sl.
vb. 1. to bite gently, to nibble → 1630 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
vb. 2. to snatch or steal something; to seize → 1665 Brit.
vb. 3. to cheat, to trick; to cheat with dice → 1678 gambling sl., obs.
vb. 4. to catch or capture a person unawares; to apprehend and arrest; to catch, in the sense of to hit → 1686 UK criminals’ sl.
vb. 5. to catch unawares in deceit, to catch out → 1742
vb. 6. to obtain for oneself; to grab; to secure → 1764 Amer. sl.
vb. 7. to peck at, to strike; to punish → 1822 Sc.
vb. 8. to seduce → M19 US sl.
vb. 9. to speak in a mincing, affected manner; to attempt to speak fine English → 1895 Sc.
vb. 10. to kidnap → 1917 Amer. sl.
vb. 11. in baseball: to field a ball successfully → 1920 Amer. sl.
vb. 12. to steal a ride on a train → 1920 US tramps’ sl.
vb. 13. in baseball: to put out a runner → 1939 Amer. sl.
► NAB A COG vb. to cheat at dice → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► NABAL adj. surly; ill-natured; stingy; miserly; churlish; narrow-minded → 1861 chiefly Sc.
n. a churlish or miserly person; a narrow-minded, greedy person → 1586 chiefly Sc.
► NABALISH adj. covetous, greedy, grasping → 1825 Sc.
► NABALISM n. miserliness, churlishness → 1853 obs.
► NABALISTIC adj. churlish; miserly → 1659 obs.
► NABALITE n. 1. a foolish person → 1612 obs.
n. 2. a churlish or miserly person → 1645 obs.
► NABALITIC adj. miserly, churlish → 1653 obs.
► NABALL n. a fool → 1612 sl.
► NABB n. a hillock, a knoll; the summit of a hill or prominence → 1826 Sc.
► NABBED IN THE HOCK adj. caught in the very act → 1872 Amer. sl.
► NABBER n. 1. one who ‘nabs’; hence, a bailiff or constable → 1795 colloq.
n. 2. a police officer → 1837 sl.
n. 3. a thief → 1859 sl.
► NABBERY n. 1. theft → 1902 Sc. sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. the lower class of gentry → 1903 Sc. (Bk.)
► NABBING CHEAT n. the gallows → E19 sl.
► NABBING-CULL n. a bailiff; a constable; a policeman → 1780 cant, obs.
► NABBING GUY n. a policeman → 1875 Amer. sl.
► NABBITY adj. short in stature, but full grown: said of a diminutive female → 19C Eng. dial.
► NABBLE n. 1.  a narrow-minded, greedy, laborious person; a churlish person → 1792 Sc.
n. 2.  an argument, quarrel, wrangle → 1876 Eng. dial.
vb. 1.  to chatter; to gossip → 19C Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to steal → 1850 UK criminals’ sl.
vb. 3.  to gnaw, to nibble → 1906 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to use the fingers deftly → 1963 Sc.
► NABBLER n. 1. a gossip; a mischief-maker; an argumentative, captious person → 1894 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a thief → 1902 Sc. sl. (Bk.)
n. 3. a grasping, hoarding person; one who is careful to meanness about money; a miser → 1911 Sc.
► NABBLERS n. the fingers, in the context of stealing → 1850 sl.
► NABBLE-TRAP n. the mouth → 1831 Eng. dial.
► NABBLY adj. having the appearance of an apple in size → 1892 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NABBY adj. well-to-do; of rank or position → 1853 Sc.
adj. 2. neat, trim, well-dressed; pretentious, dressed above one’s station → 1879 Sc.
► NAB-CHEAT ► NABCHET ► NAB CHETE ► NABCHETT n. a hat; a cap → 1535 UK criminals’ sl.
► NAB-CRAMPS n. handcuffs → 1850 UK criminals’ sl.
► NABE adj. designating something local, as a neighbourhood cinema → 1922 US colloq.
n. 1. the head → 1566 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 2. the head of a stick → E17 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 3. a hat → E17 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 4. a coxcomb, a fop → L17 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 5. an important person → E19 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 6. a neighbourhood cinema → 1933 US sl.
n. 7. a neighbourhood → 1942 US sl.
n. 8. a tavern; a local bar → 1950 US sl.
n. 9. the Devil → 1990 Irish sl.
n. 10. the joker in a pack of cards → 1990 Irish sl.
► NABEL n. the navel → 1854 Eng. dial.
► NABER adj. scant, stingy, giving short measure → 1908 Sc. obs.
► NAB GARDER ► NAB GIRDER n. a bridle → 1674 UK criminals’ sl.
► NAB IN THE HOCK vb. to be caught in the act → 1872 US criminals’ sl.
► NAB IT vb. to receive unexpected punishment; to ‘catch it’ unawares → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NAB IT ON THE DIAL vb. to take a blow on the face → 1890 sl.
► NABITY adj. neat, trim, well-dressed; pretentious, dressed above one’s station → 1903 Sc. (Bk.)
n. a well-dressed, trim person → 1903 Sc. (Bk.)
► NABLE n. 1. a narrow-minded, greedy, laborious person → 1824 Sc.
n. 2. the navel → 1854 Eng. dial.
► NABMAN n. a police officer, a constable → 1792 sl. obs.
► NAB-NANNY n. a louse → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NAB-NANNY-TRAP n. a fine-toothed comb → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NABOB n. 1. a person of great wealth; one who returned from India with a large fortune acquired there; a very rich and luxurious person → 1760
n. 2. the navel → 1967 Amer. dial.
► NABOBERY n. 1. nabobs collectively; a group or gathering of nabobs → 1834
n. 2. extravagant wealth, power, luxury, etc. → 1852
► NABOBESS n. female nabob; the wife of a nabob → 1767 obs.
► NABOBICAL adj. relating to a nabob → 1763 obs.
► NABOBISH adj. suggestive of or resembling a nabob → 1857
► NABOBISM n. extravagant wealth, luxury, or power, likened to that of a nabob → 1784
► NABOB-LAND n. India → 1764 obs., depreciative usage 
► NABOBRY n. nabobs collectively → 1777 obs.
► NABOCKLISH! int. never mind!, leave it alone! → 1786 Ireland colloq.
► NAB ON vb. to abuse, to criticize → 1987 US sl.
► NABRIE n. the lower class of gentry → 1903 Sc. (Bk.)
► NABS n. a person of either sex → 1797 Amer. sl.
► THE NABS n. a policeman; the police → E19 sl.
► NABSY n. an abscess → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NAB THE BIB vb. to cry → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► NAB THE CABLE-FUNK vb. to be hanged → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
► NAB THE CRAMP vb. to receive a death sentence → 1790 UK criminals’ sl.
► NAB THE REGULARS vb. to take one’s usual share of a robbery’s proceeds → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
► NAB THE RUST vb. 1. to be ill-tempered or sullen: to be angry or sulky; to take offense → 1785 Eng. dial. obs.
vb. 2. to receive money → 1809 UK criminals’ sl.
vb. 3. to be punished → L18 sl.
vb. 4. to get the worst of a bargain → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NAB THE SNOW vb. to steal linen that has been put out to bleach or dry → 1788 UK criminals’ sl.
► NAB THE STIFLES vb. to be hanged → 1890 UK criminals’ sl.
► NAB THE STOOP vb. to stand in the pillory → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► NAB THE TEASE ► NAB THE TEIZE vb. of a prisoner: to be flogged as a punishment while in prison, rather than in public → 1781 sl.
► NABU n. an irreconcilable mess; a complete disaster  (NonAdjustable Balls-Up) → 1940 military usage
► NACARAT n. a bright orange-red colour → 1727
► NACARINE adj. red, reddish → 1648 obs.
► NACE adj. 1. drunken → 1536 sl.
adj. 2. pitiable, destitute, in great and abject want → 1795 Sc.
n. the destitute, the needy → 1871 Sc.
► NACELLE n. 1. a small boat → 1483 obs.
n. 2. the basket or gondola of a balloon or airship → 1853 
n. 3. the cockpit of an aeroplane → 1914
► NACENESS n. want, destitution → 1913 Sc.
► NACH ► NATCH adv. naturally → 1942 orig. US
► NACHE n. the anus or buttocks of a person → 1440 obs. 
► NACHES n. a sense of pleasure or pride, esp. at the achievements of one’s children → 1929 esp. Jewish usage 
► NACHLASS n. writings remaining unpublished at an author’s death → 1842 
► NACHTLOKAL n. in Germany: a nightclub → 1939 
► NACK n. 1. a collection of useless or worthless things; anything of little value → 1895 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a horse → 1899 thieves’ sl.
n. 3. a child’s name for a pig; a call-word to a pig → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to strike with a missile → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NACKER n. 1. a drum → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. a handkerchief → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NACKERBALL n. a sycophant; a ‘teacher’s pet’ → 2005 S. Afr. sl.
► NACKEREL n. an acorn → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NACKERS n. the testes → 1880 sl.
► NACKET n. 1. a tennis court-keeper’s boy → 1568 Sc. & N. Ireland
n. 2. a small loaf or bun, usually of fine flour → 1596 chiefly Sc.
n. 3. a small, cheeky, or artful boy → 1618
n. 4. a snack or lunch, a slight repast; a piece of bread eaten at noon → 1694 Sc.
n. 5. a disappointment, rebuke, etc. → 1801 Sc.
n. 6. a small, undergrown, neat person → 1808 Sc.
n. 7. a piece of wood, stone, or bone used in the game of ‘shinty’ (a team game played with sticks and a ball) → 1818 Sc.
n. 8. a quantity of snuff made up in a ball-shaped or cylindrical form; a small roll of tobacco → 1825 Sc.
n. 9.  a trifling little person; an insignificant person; a wicked, mischievous, or impertinent child → 1833 Sc.
n. 10. a sharp blow → 1865 Sc.
n. 11. a knickknack, a small ornament → 1928 Sc.
► NACKETY adj. 1. compact, neat, tidy, smart-looking → 1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 2. conceited, self-important → 1756 Sc.
adj. 3. finicky, fond of neatness → 1818 Sc.
adj. 4.  ingenious; handy; expert in doing any piece of work: applied to one who can turn his hand to anything → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. one neat in person and work → 19C Sc.
► NACKIE n. a loaf of bread; a small cake → 1788 Sc.
► NACKLE-ASS adj. of persons and things: poor, mean, inferior, paltry → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NACKY adj. ingenious; dexterous → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
n. a young pig; a sucking-pig → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NACKY-PIG n. a young pig; a sucking-pig → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NACRE n. 1. a shellfish yielding mother-of-pearl → 1598 obs.
n. 2. mother-of-pearl → 1689
► NACREOSITY n. iridescence resembling that of nacre → 1931
► NACREOUS adj. pearly or iridescent like nacre → 1819
► NACRINE n. the colour of nacre → 1852 obs.
► NACROUS adj. pearly or iridescent like nacre → 1836
► NACRY adj. pearly or iridescent like nacre → 1859 obs.
► NADA n. nothing; nothingness; none → 1850 US sl.
► NAD ALERT n. a warning in a hospital that an x-ray is about to be taken → 1994 US sl.
► NADA TO VADA IN THE LARDER phr. referring to a man’s genitals, less than averagely endowed → 2002 Brit. sl.
► NADBAG n. the scrotum → 1997 sl.
► NADDER n. an adder; a snake → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NADDER-SERVANT  n. a dragonfly → 1903 Sc. (Bk.)
► NADE n. a grenade → 1987 US military sl.
► NADGER n. 1. a sulky, bad-tempered person → 1899 Ireland
n. 2. a young boy → L19 Ireland sl.
n. 3. in horse racing: a horse’s nose or head → 1989 Aust. sl.
► NADGERS n. the testicles → 1967 Brit. sl.
► THE NADGERS n. a non-specific affliction, disease, or illness → 1956 Brit. sl. 
► NADINE n. in dominoes: fifteen points → 20C sl.
► NADING adj. fidgeting → 1870 Eng. dial.
► NADIR n. 1. a point directly beneath an object → 1625 obs.
n. 2. the lowest or worst point of something; the place or time of greatest depression, degradation, etc. → 1627
► NAD-JAM n. semen → 2000 sl.
► NADKIN n.  the taint which meat acquires from being kept too long; any close, strong, disagreeable odour → 1825 Sc.
► NADS n. 1. the testicles → 1964 US sl.
n. 2. courage, nerve → 1976 US sl.
n. 3. something great or exciting → 1980 US students’ sl.
► THE NADS n. 1. manly courage → 1976 Amer. sl.
n. 2. something wonderful → 1983 US students’ sl.
► NAEL ► NALE adj. lean → 1859 back-slang
► NAE SHEEPSHANK n. a person or thing of no importance → 1786 Sc.
► NAEVE n. a spot or blemish; an imperfection → 1619 obs.
► NAEVOSE adj. spotted, freckled → 1847 obs.
► NAEVOUS adj. spotted, freckled → 1890 obs.
► NAEVUS MATERNUS n. a birthmark → 1726 obs.
► NAF n. 1. the female pudendum → 1847 back slang
n. 2. the buttocks → M19 sl.
n. 3. nothing → 1940 sl.
n. 4. a fool; a weakling; an ineffectual person → 1960 S. Afr. sl.
► NAFF adj. 1. in poor taste; unappealing, unfashionable; despicable, contemptible → 1965 Brit. colloq.
adj. 2. heterosexual → 1965 Brit. homosexual sl.
adj. 3. of low quality; bad; inferior; second-rate; unsatisfactory → 1969 sl., chiefly Brit.
n. 1. the navel → 1838 Sc.
n. 2. the buttocks → M19 sl.
n. 3. the vagina → M19 sl.
n. 4. a pert, talkative person → 1903 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 5. frivolous talk or prattle; an angry dispute about a trifle → 1903 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 6. the yelp of a small dog → 1903 Sc.  (Bk.)
n. 7. nothing → 1940 sl.
vb. 1. to work in a weak, trifling manner; to trifle, to be frivolous → 1892 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to bark; to yelp → 1903 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 3. to talk in a pert, senseless way; to argue snappishly, esp. of children and persons of diminutive appearance → 1903 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 4. to walk with short steps → 1903 Sc. (Bk.)
► NAFF ALL adj. no; not any → 1995 Brit. colloq.
n. none, nothing; ‘fuck-all’ → 1977 Brit. colloq.
► NAFFED OFF adj. fed up, annoyed → 1990 sl.
► NAFFEEN adj. vulgar, bad, despicable, unlovely → 1992 Brit. sl.
► NAFFER vb. to talk through the nose; to talk indistinctly → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NAFFETTE adj. vulgar, bad, despicable, unlovely → 1992 Brit. sl.
► NAFFGUR n. a prostitute → L19 Brit. sl., possibly back-slang
► NAFFHEAD n. a stupid person, a blockhead, a simpleton, an idiot, a dolt → 1796 Eng. dial.
► NAFFIN n. a simpleton; a blockhead; an idiot → 1790 Eng. dial.
► NAFFING adj. 1. chattering; peevish; haggling over a bargain → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 2. an intensifier, ‘fucking’ → 1959 Brit. sl.
n. idle talk, prattle → 1878 Sc.
► NAFF IT UP vb. to spoil something → 1981 Brit. sl.
► NAFFLE vb. 1. to trifle away time; to potter about; to loiter; to act foolishly → 1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to rumple; to mess → 1864 Sc.
vb. 3. to walk with short steps → 1866 Sc. (Bk.)
► NAFFLER n. a person busy about trifles; one who accomplishes little → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NAFFLIN n. one almost an idiot → 1781 Eng. dial.
► NAFFLING adj. 1. of a child: contemptible; insignificant → 1883 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 2. trifling; loitering → 1903 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NAFFLING AND SHAFFLING ABOUT adj. gossiping → 1903 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NAFF OFF int. go away! fuck off! → 1959 euphemism
vb. to go away  → 1959 Brit. sl.
► NAFF OMEE n. a heterosexual → 1960 homosexual sl.
► NAFF UP vb. to make a mess; to blunder; to ‘fuck up’ → 1980 euphemism
► NAFFY adj. affable, friendly, on good terms → 1897 Sc.
n. 1. a simpleton; a blockhead; an idiot → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. a representation of the usual pronunciation of NAAFI – Navy, Army, and Air Force Institution, and organization providing canteens, shops, etc. for British forces personnel  → 1937 Brit. sl.
► NAFKA ► NAFKEH ► NAFTKEH  ► NOFFGUR ► NOFFKA n. a prostitute → 1890 Yiddish
► NAFTIE n. liquor which ‘lights one up’ → 19C Sc.